Publications
Quality Assurance
Reference Materials
- Reference Materials for Fragile X syndrome - Transfer Report NIBSC
- CRMGEN Survey Report
- CRMGEN CMGS Poster 2005
- CRMGEN ESHG Poster 2005
External Quality Assessmentt
- EuroGentest EQA European scheme providers' meeting report
- UKNEQAS report - 2005 QF-PCR for the rapid detection of aneuploidies EQA scheme
- High throughput single nucleotide poylmorphism genotyping - Quality assurance needs in the Industrial, Academic and Clinical sectors
- Paternity Testing Report
- Zygosity Testing Report
- 2006 QF-PCR report for the rapid detection of aneuploidies EQA scheme
- 2005 QF-PCR for the rapid detection of aneuploidies EQA scheme
- 2004 QF-PCR for the rapid detection of aneuploidies EQA scheme
- Bloodspot Report 2006
- Bloodspot Report 2004
- Bloodspot Report 2003
Unclassified Variants
- Best practice guidelines for Unclassified Variants
- CMGS conference poster 2008 - What is NGRL Manchester doing to help support unclassified variant interpretation?
Quality Management
Quality Management Software
- Technology Assessment of two software systems for Quality Management (Q-Pulse and Lab Passport)
- High througput single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping. Quality assurance needs in the Industrial, Academic and Clinical sectors
Audit Training (September 2004)
CPA accreditation standards
- Summary of CPA standards
- Standards checklist spreadsheet - Liverpool (.xls)
- Checklist for audit of compliance to standards (.xls)
- Summary of EQA performance and turnaround times - example of a template form for compliance with standard H6 (.doc)
- Organisation and quality management system
- Personnel
- Premises and environment
- Equipment, information systems and reagents
- Pre examination process
- Examination process
- The post examination phase
- Evaluation and quality assurance
Horizontal audit
- Horizontal audit checklist form
- Example horizontal audit
- Example checklist - audit of internal audit system (.doc)
- Example checklist - equipment audit (.doc)
- Example checklist - staff training audit (.doc)
- Example checklist - document control audit (.doc)
- Summary audit report (.dot)
Implementation
- Quality system implementation plan - also available as Microsoft Project 2002 plan on request
- Presentation about implementation - from Ontario Lab Accreditation website
Internal Audit Workshop (October 2003)
- Morning session - 22nd (.ppt)
- Simon Patton (.ppt)
- Gill White (.ppt)
- Mansel Haeney (.ppt)
- Heather Ward (.ppt)
- Alan Clark (.ppt)
- Jonathan Waters
- Cheryl Blair (.ppt)
- Els Voorhoeve (.ppt)
Non-conformancy
- Non conformancy form (.doc)
- Example non-conformancy (.doc)
Quality Manual
- Quality manual template - Ontario Lab Accreditation group
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's)
- Technical SOP (.doc) - South Manchester Pathology dept
- Management procedure (.doc) - South Manchester Pathology dept
User satisfaction
- Survey - Liverpool (.doc)
- Survey - Manchester (.doc)
- Survey report - Manchester
- Survey - Exeter
- Survey report - Exeter
- Survey
report - Manchester cytogenetics
Vertical audit
- Mini-vertical audit SOP (.doc)
- Mini-vertical checklist form (.doc)
- Vertical audit SOP (.doc)
- Vertical audit checklist form (.doc)
- Example vertical audit (.doc)
- Summary audit report (.doc)