
The perfect introduction to auditing principles, this book offers tools and techniques to conduct audits for safety and quality purposes. This handy pocket guide is an easy-to-digest roadmap for providing clients with solid reporting and feedback. Each step-by-step concept—from assignment to preparation, data collection, analysis and reporting, and
follow-up—walks the internal auditor through the process to build trust with the auditee.
This book includes:
• Example forms such as audit plans, work orders, agendas and schedules, checklists, and notification letters
• 20 basic auditing principles and glossary of terms
• Discussion on identifying conformities vs. nonconformities
About the author
Paul Russell, CQA, has performed remote audits with two U.S. Defense Agency contracts. He is Managing Director for Quality WBT Center for Education and the JP Russell Learning Center. For over 20 years, Paul Russell has worked withweb-based training and blended learning classes approved by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a votingmember of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US TAG) ISO/TC 176 for Quality Management Systems standards.Previously, Russell was in the health industry maintaining U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Union(EU) compliance for blood bank locations, blood manufacturing facilities, and blood mobiles. While performingpharmacy audits, he was assigned to the Midwest/Northeast/Mid Atlanc/South regions to maintain Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and FDA compliance as well as pharmacy-specifi c adherence to the drug laws of 21 states and one district.