QA Program

Our Quality Assurance (QA) program at CompuChem is one of the best in the industry; our QA procedures have held up under the scrutiny of some of the most stringent state, federal, and commercial approval programs in the country. Our QA department staff consists of senior technical personnel, all with undergraduate degrees, and each with more than nineteen years of practical laboratory experience.

CompuChem's QA staff currently consists of three individuals including the Vice President and General Manager (VP/GM), the Quality Assurance Manager, and the QA Administrative Specialist.

CompuChem's QA Department acts as the company's point of contact for both governmental and commercial client external audits that are scheduled, as required, throughout the year. These audits are mandated by our clients as part of their certification (governmental agency) or bidding (commercial) process. Additionally, the QA Department conducts its own random laboratory internal system audits.  Audits, whether external or in-house, apply specific audit methods and evaluate laboratory performance. These findings are reported to laboratory and senior management and recommendations are implemented to address audit findings. 

Senior management assesses the effectiveness of the quality management controls and the adequacy of resources available to achieve and assure maximum data integrity to our clients. The QA department's auditing activities are considered in assessing the overall quality management systems. The QA auditing activities are summarized in a report to the VP/GM who reports to executive staff on a monthly basis. The VP/GM also assesses the integrated quality assurance program and its performance. The assessment focuses on how well the QA program is working and identifies management problems that hinder the organization in achieving its objective quality requirements. Follow-up by the VP/GM includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of management's corrective actions.