QMS: Quality Manual

Number of Credits

1.5 P.A.C.E.®

Price

$29

Author

Lucia M. Berte, MA,MT(ASCP)SBB,DLM; CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE, Quality Systems Consultant
Course Details:

This Quality Management Systems course is about an important collection of laboratory documents called a quality manual. A quality manual is required in organizations that have a quality management system. At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Differentiate between a quality manual and a technical procedures manual
  • State the purpose of a quality manual
  • List and describe the contents of a quality manual
  • Describe a laboratory quality policy
  • Identify who should write the quality manual
  • Use a planned approach to develop quality system essential (QSE) policies
  • Explain the functions of the supporting QSE process and procedure documents
  • Discuss two ways to organize the contents of a quality manual
  • Summarize the document control requirements for the quality manual

This course has been approved for P.A.C.E.® credit. The suggested prerequisites for this course are:

  • Purpose & Rationale
  • Manual Contents
  • Getting Started
  • Finishing Up
  • Graded Quiz
  • Resources

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