Emil John G.

Nazareno

BSE IV-2 General Science

Professor Nestor Lavin

DECEMBER 03, 2018

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 QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Quality management activities are those that ensure that a company's products are
exactly what they are supposed to be, that is, they meet all their specifications.
Quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) are two of the main activities that are
required to ensure a quality product.

What is quality assurance in the laboratory?

Laboratory quality control is designed to detect, reduce and correct deficiencies in

laboratories analytical process to release patient results and improve the quality of
test result2. Quality assurance (QA) is aimed at ensuring quality test results.

Quality Assurance (QA) in Laboratory Testing

 What is a QA report?

QA is an abbreviation for quality assurance. Quality assurance is characterized

by systematic activities designed to provide assurance that the quality
requirements of a service or a product are being met.

 What is the purpose of quality control in the laboratory?

Laboratory quality control. Laboratory quality control is designed to detect,

reduce, and correct deficiencies in a laboratory's internal analytical process
prior to the release of patient results, in order to improve the quality of the
results reported by the laboratory.

Why is quality assurance so important?

Importance of a QA team. According to Wikipedia quality assurance definition, it is 'a

way of preventing mistakes or defects in manufactured products and avoiding problems
when delivering solutions or services to customers'. ... It helps meet clients' demands
and expectations most fully.

What is Quality Assurance in terms of Health?

The term "quality assurance" means maintaining a high quality of health care by
constantly measuring the effectiveness of the organizations that provide it. In the
United States, two nonprofit groups dominate the performance-measurement field.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance accredits health plans, provider groups,
and various medical businesses. The Joint Commission focuses on hospitals,
laboratories, and many types of medical institutions.

The processes that ensure production quality meets the requirements of customers.
This is an approach that aims to achieve quality by organising every process to get the

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product 'right first time' and prevent mistakes ever happening. This is also known as a
'zero defect' approach.

In quality assurance, there is more emphasis on 'self-checking', rather than checking

by inspectors.

Advantages of quality assurance include:

 Costs are reduced because there is less wastage and re-working of faulty
products as the product is checked at every stage
 It can help improve worker motivation as workers have more ownership and
recognition for their work (see Herzberg)
 It can help break down 'us and them' barriers between workers and managers as
it eliminates the feeling of being checked up on
 With all staff responsible for quality, this can help the firm gain marketing
advantages arising from its consistent level of quality

Analytical quality assurance

Analytical quality assurance procedures should be based on a system of traceability and

feedback. Traceability, in this context, requires that all steps in a procedure can be

checked, wherever possible, by reference to documented results, calibrations,

standards, calculations, etc. For example, where a balance is used in a laboratory, the

accuracy of measurement must be regularly checked. The weights used for this purpose

should either have a certificate demonstrating that they conform to a standard, or the

balance must be regularly checked against such standards by the regular use of check

weights which are well documented and thus can be linked within the laboratory to the

calibration standard. This principle also applies to the calibration of other equipment.

Feedback is the principle that problems or omissions in the AQA system should be

brought to the attention of management. Where standards in the laboratory fall below

acceptable limits, procedures should ensure that this is easily recognised and corrected.

Criteria for recognition and correction of poor performance, as well as responsibilities

for corrective action, must be identified. The procedures for achieving this recognition

and correction must be clearly established.

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