Root Cause Analysis (RCA) in the Laboratory - Addressing Non-Conformances

Recorded Session
60 Minutes

When a laboratory non-conformance occurs, it's tempting to fix the symptom and move on. But if only the surface problem is fixed, it will almost certainly return. This 60-minute root cause analysis training gives you a defined set of steps and tools for finding the primary cause of a non-conformance in your lab.

You'll learn to define the problem, examine the data, identify possible causal factors and pinpoint the root cause or causes. The session then covers taking corrective action and verifying that it worked.

RCA assumes that systems and events are linked, so tracing actions back shows where a problem started and how it grew into the symptom you see.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Treating symptoms means fixing the same laboratory problem again and again. Looking deeper lets you correct the underlying systems and processes that caused the non-conformance and lowers the chance that it happens again.

This session suits microbiologists, QA managers, laboratory managers and supervisors, and QC practitioners who investigate lab non-conformances.

AREA COVERED

  • Defining the problem
  • Examining the data
  • Identifying possible causal factors
  • Identifying the root cause or causes
  • Taking corrective action
  • Verifying the effectiveness of the corrective action

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Determine what happened in a laboratory non-conformance
  • Determine why it happened by tracing linked events back to their start
  • Use a defined set of steps and tools to find the root cause
  • Take corrective action that reduces the chance of recurrence
  • Verify that the corrective action was effective

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

This webinar will provide valuable assistance to:

  • Microbiologists
  • QA managers
  • Laboratory managers
  • Laboratory supervisors
  • QC practitioners

Treating symptoms means fixing the same laboratory problem again and again. Looking deeper lets you correct the underlying systems and processes that caused the non-conformance and lowers the chance that it happens again.

This session suits microbiologists, QA managers, laboratory managers and supervisors, and QC practitioners who investigate lab non-conformances.

  • Defining the problem
  • Examining the data
  • Identifying possible causal factors
  • Identifying the root cause or causes
  • Taking corrective action
  • Verifying the effectiveness of the corrective action
  • Determine what happened in a laboratory non-conformance
  • Determine why it happened by tracing linked events back to their start
  • Use a defined set of steps and tools to find the root cause
  • Take corrective action that reduces the chance of recurrence
  • Verify that the corrective action was effective

This webinar will provide valuable assistance to:

  • Microbiologists
  • QA managers
  • Laboratory managers
  • Laboratory supervisors
  • QC practitioners
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Speaker Profile

ins_img Michael Brodsky

Michael Brodsky has been an Environmental Microbiologist for more than 41 years. He is a Past President of the Ontario Food Protection Association and AOAC International. He serves as Chair for the AOAC Expert Review Committee for Microbiology, as a scientific reviewer in Microbiology for the AOAC OMA and the AOAC Research Institute, as a reviewer for Standard Method for the Examination of Water and as a chapter editor on QA for the Compendium of Methods in Microbiology. He is also a lead auditor/assessor in microbiology for the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA) and is a member of the …

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