Simon Patton (NGRL Manchester) Joint Molecular & Cytogenetics Quality Management Training Day...

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Simon Patton (NGRL Manchester)

Joint Molecular & Cytogenetics Quality Management Training Day

Birmingham, 23rd Jan 2009

INTERNAL AUDIT TRAINING

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Background

NGRL’s formed in 2002. Work programme covers:

– External Quality Assessment

– Quality Management Systems

– Best Practice Guidelines

– Development of new Reference Materials

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Quality Management Systems

Round 1 funding (2002 – 2006) work programme covered:

– Training workshops• internal audit techniques

– Technology assessment• Quality management software

– Resources and consultancy– Web resources, documents, templates, BIOMED

course

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Quality Management Systems

Round 2 funding (2007 – 2010) work programme covered:

– Training workshops• internal audit techniques

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Course Background

NGRL facilitates training

External trainer

– Dr Ian Sharp

– Head of Quality at HPA, Collingdale

– 12 yrs of experience

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Aims To provide initial training of staff in the principles

of internal audit procedures To give an overview of different accreditation

standards laboratory staff may meet To provide general information about quality

systems To explain the benefits of having a quality system Internal audits:

– what internal audits are

– why we need to perform them

– who should be internal auditors

– how to undertake audits

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Aims What to do when non-conformances are

discovered:

– What non-compliances are

– How to deal with them and use them to improve our quality system

Checklist preparation experience Audit experience

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FeedbackVery well received

Ian Sharp is excellent!

Well organised

Practical experience invaluable

BUT - not enough time

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Courses

Courses run for 6 years

1 day courses

1.5 day course

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Participants

199 lab staff trained in 6 years

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Laboratory Participation

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Regional Participation

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Disciplines

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Audit ChecklistsAlways pre-plan

Templates with fixed formats

Space for additional questions

Constantly evolving / improving them

Taylor them to each audit

Use searching questions

– Not “yes” or “no”

– Open ended questions - “What evidence is there……”

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