Form · FRM-20
Equipment Maintenance Log
Planned and unplanned maintenance with results and return-to-service authorisation.
Purpose
Records planned and unplanned maintenance of equipment, the results, any effect on metrological performance and the authorisation to return the item to service (SOP-11 section 6.8).
How to complete it
- 1.Record each maintenance activity when performed, referencing the plan in FRM-19 section 4.
- 2.State whether the maintenance could affect metrological performance; if yes, record the calibration or verification performed before return to service.
- 3.Attach supplier service reports.
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.
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