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Much of our work to date has focused on supporting police forces and other public sector organisations with achieving and maintaining compliance against ISO 17025 and the Forensic Science Regulator’s Code of Practice. Whilst this continues to be at the centre of our offerings, it’s certainly not the whole picture. Compass QMS has a wide-ranging portfolio of services in both

Through our consultancy services, some advice that we regularly deliver is the need for constant review of processes to ensure that they remain effective.  The very essence of quality management strives to achieve continual improvement in all aspects of an organisation’s quality and technical operations. This principle is not just for the benefit of our clients, we believe it is

Compass QMS were recently engaged to deliver an intensive, multi-week auditing programme for a valued client. The objective? To evaluate their quality management processes for compliance with ISO 17025 and The FSR Code of Practice, the fitness for purpose of their documented procedures and to substantially contribute to completing the internal audit schedule prior to their UKAS assessment. Following thorough

Your laboratory may have robust and comprehensive operating procedures but inevitably, at some point, things will go wrong and nonconformance will occur.  Section 7.10 of ISO 17025 details the requirements of controlling nonconforming work. One of the most important aspects of this process is conducting root cause analysis (RCA) – a thorough assessment of the issue to determine how and

In many organisations, the position of Quality Manager is held by one individual who is key to the successful creation, maintenance and improvement of the quality management system.  A lonely place at times when issues arise or processes need improving.  As the saying goes, “a problem shared is a problem halved” but who do you have to talk quality with?