Internal Audit Programme and Audit Plan

Purpose

Part A is the annual internal audit programme showing how every clause of ISO/IEC 17025, every procedure, every discipline and every location will be audited within 12 months, weighted by risk. Part B is the plan for an individual audit, issued to the auditee in advance. Together they evidence clause 8.8.2.

What it covers

• Part A - Annual audit programme
• Part B - Individual audit plan
• Authorisation

How to complete it

1. 1.Complete Part A before the start of each year; obtain approval at management review; update it (with dates and initials) when audits are rescheduled or added.
2. 2.Ensure every row (clause / procedure / discipline / location) has at least one planned audit; mark witness (W) and vertical (V) audits explicitly.
3. 3.For each audit, complete Part B at least five working days before the audit and send it to the auditee. Record the records period to be sampled and the criteria.
4. 4.After the audit, record the report date and the FRM-06 numbers raised in Part A.

Before you use it

• Replace every square-bracket token, starting with [LABORATORY NAME], [ADDRESS] and [EFFECTIVE DATE]. The full token list is in GD-01 Read Me First.
• Have the content technically reviewed against how your laboratory actually works, then approved by the responsible manager before it becomes a controlled document.
• Update the Word fields after editing so the table of contents and page numbers are correct: select all, then press F9.
• Record the document in your own document register and set its review date.

Related documents

• QM-01

  Quality Manual

  Top-level description of the management system against every clause of ISO/IEC 17025:2017.

• SOP-03

  Internal Audit

  Planning, conducting, reporting and following up internal audits of the management system and technical activities.

• FRM-05

  Internal Audit Checklist

  Clause-by-clause question set with evidence and finding columns for auditing against ISO/IEC 17025.

• FRM-06

  Audit Finding and Nonconformity Report

  Records an audit finding with classification, objective evidence and required response.

• CHK-01

  ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Gap Analysis and Self-Assessment

  Clause-by-clause self-assessment with evidence, gap and action columns.

• FRM-01

  Master Document Register

  Register of every controlled internal and external document with revision, status and distribution.

• FRM-02

  Document Change Request

  Request, impact assessment and approval of a change to a controlled document.

• FRM-03

  Records Retention Schedule and Disposal Log

  Retention periods by record type and a log of authorised disposals.