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Some labs applied to copy the whole ISO Standard as their quality manual, may I know is this acceptable?
Please note that the SoA needs to be developed based on the results of risk assessment and applicable legal requirements (i.e., laws, regulations, and contracts).
In case you do not have a risk relevant enough that justifies the implementation of control, then you do not need to implement it (i.e., state it as applicable in the SoA).
The same applies to legal requirements. In case you do not have a law, regulation, or contract that justifies the implementation of control, then you do not need to implement it.
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To see examples of applicable controls based on risk assessment, please, see:
Yes, there is a certificate for GMP which can be provided both by the notify body or by a competent authority in a particular country (usually the Ministry of health, but you need to check how is in your country that organized).
A company that has ISO 13485 can not use the GMP mark without approval from notify body or competent authority.
You do not need to have a record control table as a separate document, but you do need to have a record control table within each policy or procedure where you require certain records to be created - this record control table is already included in all the document templates in Conformio.
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Regarding approved supplier lists, ISO 27001 does not require this record to be kept, so it would be a management decision to keep such a record in case it considers relevant to their processes.
Please note that the abovementioned clauses are covered by the following:
Since you stated in the SoA that control A.8.2.2 Labelling of information is not applicable, then it is sufficient for you to include only N/A in the Labeling column (there is no need to exclude the column).
Regarding controls A.8.2.1 Classification of information and A.8.2.2, you can implement only A.8.2.1 without implementing A.8.2.2 (i.e., you can define classification levels without the need to label media that contains it, although this is not common).
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Yes, you can follow the same procedure. According to Article 16 from the MDR, if the CE mark of the manufacturer stays on the medical device, you do not consider a manufacturer, but rather the distributor.
1 a) makes available on the market a device under its name, registered trade name, or registered trademark, except in cases where a distributor or importer enters into an agreement with a manufacturer whereby the manufacturer is identified as such on the label and is responsible for meeting the requirements placed on manufacturers in this Regulation.
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COBIT is certifiable only for people, although it can be used by organizations to help fulfill requirements from some ISO management standards, like ISO 20000 and ISO 27001.
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Regarding ISO, it does not certify organizations. Its purpose is to develop standards, and some of these are management systems standards, against which organizations can be certified by entities known as certification bodies.
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It is through method verification of a standard method the laboratory proves with objective evidence that they can perform the method and achieve the expected performance
How this can be achieved depends on the method technique. For example for microscopic examinations, if you are the only technician (hance know the makeup of retained sample) get an independent person to issue the samples to you blind. If you don’t have samples across the range, try and identify another laboratory that does have samples, to do a bilateral study with. I can’t comment specifically on the method you describe as “random”. I suggest you engage with your accreditation body to see if they can assess it as part of their scope. If it is a method that involves certain activities, for example weighing or a complex calculation determination, then do what you can by breaking the method up into these activities and verify the activities you can. For example competency to weigh accurately using certified calibration weights and by validating complex calculations for determination of a parameter.
As the principle of Auditing the management component of all Quality management systems, including ISO 17025 involves the same approach and techniques, you could benefit form the Internal Auditor training offered by the ISO 9001 Academy. Have a look her for further information https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-internal-auditor-course. To strengthen your skills with ISO 17025 technical assessments, I suggest refresher self-learning on the purpose of ISO 17025 and its risk-based approach.
The following will provide more information for you on Auditing and ISO 17025:
How to perform an internal audit using ISO 19011 at https://info.advisera.com/free-download/how-to-perform-an-internal-audit-using-iso-19011
ISO 17025 document template: Internal Audit Procedure at https://advisera.com/17025academy/documentation/internal-audit-procedure/
The Five Internal Audit Procedure appendices Internal Audit Program, Internal Audit Checklist, Audit Nonconformity Report, Internal Audit Process Checklist and Internal Audit Report are available separately from the procedure link above; or included in the toolkit at https://advisera.com/17025academy/iso-17025-documentation-toolkit/
Clause-by-clause explanation of ISO 17025:2017 at https://info.advisera.com/17025academy/free-download/clause-by-clause-explanation-of-iso-17025/
The Book - ISO internal audit: A plain English guide at https://advisera.com/books/iso-internal-audit-plain-english-guide/