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Gap Analysis
Develop Compliant Quality Systems
Quality Assurance Documents
Audit Assistance

Accreditation is becoming more and more a requirement for many laboratories regardless of their technical expertise and market position. Customers are aware of the benefits that accreditation brings to both data quality and confidence in results.

In this economy, a business needs every advantage to remain operational and thrive despite reduced opportunities in the market place. Accreditation provides this edge and clearly demonstrates a laboratory's commitment to excellence and to "doing it right the first time".

At LCV we are focused on helping your laboratory become accredited. This process includes determining the compliance status of your current quality system and documents, helping you revise and develop a compliant system and support you through the accreditation process.

If you are just starting on the path towards accreditation LCV can help you by performing a gap analysis to develop a clear, logical plan for attaining accreditation

Your quality assurance manual and SOPs describe your quality system and how requirements are met. It is the window customers use to assess whether you laboratory can meet their analytical needs. Let LCV help you develop these documents and avoid the many pitfalls that cause technically minded people to fail at quality document writing.

A clear understanding of any Standard's requirements is an essential prerequisite to developing a compliant management system. LCV can help you achieve this level of understanding and assist you in translating this into a workable, user friendly, quality system.

LCV can help with the complete final preparations for your accreditation assessment. We can perform an internal audit to identify potential nonconformances allowing the laboratory to correct them before an Accreditation Body's on-site visit. We can perform your annual internal audit required after accreditation. Finally, we can act as a resource for you during an on-site audit, whether the audit is performed by your AB, regulatory body, or customer.

Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of intelligent effort  ~  John Ruskin