Internal Audit Checklist

Purpose

A clause-based question set for auditing the management system and technical activities against ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and the Laboratory's procedures. The auditor records, for each question, the objective evidence examined (job numbers, certificate numbers, equipment IDs, names), the result (C = conforms, NC = nonconformity, OBS = observation, NA = not applicable) and notes. Findings are transferred to FRM-06.

What it covers

• Section 4 - General requirements
• Section 5 - Structure
• Section 6 - Resources
• Section 7 - Process
• Section 8 - Management system
• Section V - Vertical audit of one job
• Section W - Witness audit
• Authorisation

How to complete it

1. 1.Select the sections relevant to the audit scope in FRM-04 Part B; add questions specific to risks, previous findings and the discipline being audited.
2. 2.Answer every question with evidence, not opinion: record what was sampled so the audit trail can be reconstructed.
3. 3.For vertical audits, choose one job at random and work through Section V with the actual job file.
4. 4.For witness audits, complete Section W while observing the calibration, against the procedure's steps.
5. 5.Raise an FRM-06 for every NC and OBS; enter the FRM-06 number in the notes column.

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-04

  Internal Audit Programme and Audit Plan

  Annual audit programme covering every clause and activity, plus the plan for a single audit.

• 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.