Quality assessment is the term the Institute of Internal Auditors IIA now uses for what had been called quality assurance reviews. The aim of the assessments is to verify compliance with IIA Standards and provide suggestions for continuous improvement. The paper depicts about internal audit Quality Assessments QA from three...
When the government evaluates a bid for goods or services, first it determines whether the bid meets all specifications, then it determines if you can meet those specifications - through a preaward survey. The form in this paper is used to determine your ability to meet the quality assurance requirements...
Alcon Laboratories Inc. manufactures ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, ophthalmic surgical equipment and devices, contact lens care products and other consumer products that treat diseases and conditions of the eye. This paper considers the case of Alcon Laboratories Inc. and explains how a new corrective action tracking system helped the company to consolidate...
Faced with rigid quality assurance requirements, a world leader in the production of glass-reinforced plastic GRP pipe needed to perform both tensile tests on pipe sections (ASTM D638) and compression tests on pipe as large as 102" (259 cm) in diameter (ASTM D2412). Instron supplied a custom SATEC Series 150kN...
The Quality Assurance Coordinator job description template includes the following job summary: To perform the functions of a hospitalwide Quality Assurance Coordinator under the direction of the Director of Medical Records, in accordance with JCAH and hospital administration and medical staff goals and the approved Quality Assurance/Utilization Review (QA/UR) plan....
The Quality Assurance Manager job description template includes the following job summary: Reports directly to the President and is charged with developing and maintaining a system to assure that all products manufactured by the organization meet customer specifications and achieve superior quality and reliability levels. Additional information available includes essential...
The Quality Assurance Analyst job description template includes the following job summary: Evaluates and tests new or modified software programs and software development procedures used to verify that programs function according to user requirements and conform to establishment guidelines. Writes, revises, and verifies quality standards and test procedures for program...
The Product Repairer job description template includes the following job summary: To examine in-process and finished product for obvious or specific defects. Cleans product, reworks, or sets aside unrepairable items in scrap bin for review and counting by quality assurance department. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities,...
The Quality Assurance - Utilization Review Analyst job description template includes the following job summary: Under the immediate supervision of the quality assurance/utilization review supervisor, to perform quality assurance/utilization review duties. Also to provide an ongoing objective evaluation of the important aspects of patients' care through daily review of patient...
With all you have to do to manage your project, it is easy to botch your role in a new quality assurance initiative. You're thinking, "Great! Yet another responsibility and way to fail" Yes, another way to fail because you may not be given the proper training to be successful....
In response to an increased focus on effective governance, the Institute of Internal Auditors IIA issued two key provisions to revise standards for the practice of internal audit in 2002. Of the two provisions, the external Quality Assurance Review QAR is considered to be particularly important, reflecting the enhanced role...
In the initial section of the paper, a review of the literature on professionalization of evaluation is conducted. The second section of the paper presents results of a survey of university-based evaluation training programs and options based on internet searches and telephone consultations. The third section of the paper provides...
Performance is an important aspect of software quality. To prevent performance degradation during software development, performance can be monitored and software modifications that damage performance can be reverted or optimized. Regression benchmarking provides means for an automated monitoring of performance, yielding a list of software modifications potentially associated with performance...
You need some level of involvement in an outsourced project to validate that the outsourcer will deliver within your expectations. This checklist will help you monitor the progress of the project to ensure all commitments are met. Understanding all the responsibilities that accompany an outsourced project can...
The construction industry has been struggling with quality issues for many years, and the cost to our economy is dramatic. The cost could potentially be reduced significantly if the industry were to embrace the concept of quality assurance that has been used with great success by many other sectors of...
Testing effectiveness for a software product can be improved by testing all possible combinations or by automation, but both these techniques incur high cost and time. There are solutions in this area based on Six Sigma methodologies that provide approaches like Orthogonal Arrays OA. OA is derived from the Design...
To assure the government, as well as other prospective customers, that you will provide a quality product, you need to have a well-documented Quality Assurance QA program in place. Your program should provide a systematic approach for evaluation, inspection, testing, calibration or whatever is needed to monitor and assure the...
Innovation has always have been the lifeblood of medical device companies as they strive to deliver new products that improve patient outcomes and enable the medical community to deliver the best possible patient care. Today, however, innovation alone cannot sustain medical device companies. Medical device manufacturers must execute flawlessly by...
Quality assurance is not a new or difficult concept, but it becomes complicated when a "parent" organization must track the work quality of organizations that it licenses. This tracking or monitoring is important to ensure a certain level of quality is maintained. But monitoring alone will not result in high...
This document provides guidance on quality assurance QA practices for sites using or planning to use the OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test to detect antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus HIV. The OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test is the first rapid HIV point-of-care (i.e., testing and results are available in...
