All actions taken to ensure that standards and procedures are adhered to and that delivered products or services meet performance requirements. The planned systematic activities necessary to ensure that a component, module, or system conforms to established technical requirements. The policy, procedures, and systematic actions established in an enterprise for the purpose of providing and maintaining a specified degree of confidence in data integrity and accuracy throughout the lifecycle of the data, which includes input, update, manipulation, and output.
a planned system of activities whose purpose is to provide assurance of the reliability and defensibility of the data.
The application of standards, law, policies, procedures, and individual commitments to ensure the delivery of services consistent with anticipated outcomes.
Quality assurance procedures are used to check whether data are being collected correctly. We also use quality evaluation studies to quantify the properties of measurement error, improve future data collection, and ensure that measurement tools meet certain specifications. Quality assurance programs are used to reduce the effects of measurement error on survey estimates.
This is the formal and systematic exercise of identifying problems in Medical Care delivery, designing activities to overcome the problems, and carrying out follow-up steps to ensure that no new problems have been introduced and that corrective actions have been effective. The ultimate objective is to improve the outcome of all health care in terms of health, functional ability, patient well-being and consumer satisfaction.
Systematic, planned, and documented activities designed to provide confidence that a product will meet specifications.
A formal, systematic process to improve quality of care that includes monitoring quality, identifying inadequacies in delivery of care, and correcting those inadequacies.
ISO 9000:2000 defines Quality Assurance as 'providing confidence that requirements will be met'. - update provided by J Broomfield; it can also be defined as 'the planned and systematic activities put in place to ensure quality requirements for a product or service will be fulfilled'.
the method of assuring quality of a product from design through to manufacture.
Is an activity conducted by the HMO whereby the HMO monitors the quality of healthcare services rendered to its members. This activity is required by law, and the state performs quality assurance audits at least once every 3 years.
a management system which controls each stage of food production from raw material harvest to final consumption.
a function concerned with building quality into a product during design, not inspecting for quality after the fact. Quality assurance is a shared responsibility and not a single job description in a company. Quality is judged by how well the product conforms to specifications.
Activities or programs whose purpose is to demonstrate and ensure that products and services meet specifications and are consistently of high quality.
The entirety of the organizational, technical and normative measures suitable to assure and, if applicable, to improve the quality of the manufactured products.
(QA). Quality assurance is the methodology, processes and procedures implemented to guarantee a desired level of quality.
The inclusion of measures in a process to ensure that the process produces a quality output.
a program designed to try to ensure that health care provided to patients is consistently of good quality.
An interactive management process designed to objectively ensure the appropriateness and effectiveness of patient care. It includes identifying deficiencies, implementing corrective action(s) to improve performance, and monitoring the corrective actions to ensure that quality of care has been enhanced. In the broadest sense, this ongoing process should involve the medical and professional staff, the administration, and the governing body of the health care facility.
The planned and systematic actions that are established to ensure that a study is performed and the data are generated, documented (recorded), and reported in compliance with GCP and the applicable regulatory requirements.
A planned and systematic set of activities to ensure that variances in processes are clearly identified, assessed and improving defined processes for fullfilling the requirements of customers and product or service makers. A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the product optimally fulfils customer's expectations. A planned and systematic set of activities to ensure that requirements are clearly established and the defined process complies to these requirements.
Quality Assurance (QA) is any systematic process of checking to see whether a product or service being developed is meeting specified requirements. A quality assurance system's purpose is to increase customer confidence and a company's credibility, to improve work processes and efficiency, and to enable a company to better compete with others. Quality assurance was initially introduced in World War II when munitions were inspected and tested for defects after they were made. Today's quality assurance systems emphasize catching defects before they reach the final product.
Those actions taken by the government to check goods or services to determine that they meet the requirements of the SOW.
a collective term used for activities used to ensure that business is carried out effectively and efficiently. Back to A-Z menu
Refers to a health plan’s internal processes to verify that the care provided to its members meets the health plan’s or government’s quality standards.
A laboratory program that ensures creation of reproducible results that are clinically useful to patients and providers, in a timely fashion, through minimization of human error.
Those activities associated with assuring the quality of a product or service.
An organized set of activities intended to systematically ensure minimal safety of people receiving services and to encourage performance improvements.
A thorough analysis of a web site or software program to search for bugs in the program. Whereas usability testing focuses on user experiences, quality assurance focuses more on programming imperfections.
"Quality management consists of two fundamental groups: Product Acceptance and Quality Engineering." – ASQC. See those entries.
an integrated system of management activities involving planning, implementation, documentation, assessment, reporting, and quality improvement to ensure that a process, item, or service is of the type and quality needed and expected by the customer.
Expanding QC to try to implement systems that correct problems before they arise
The assessment of the quality of care and any necessary changes to either maintain or improve the quality of care.
All the planned and systematic activities implemented within the quality system, and demonstrated as needed, to provide adequate confidence that an entity will fulfill requirements for quality [ISO 8402, 1994].
The assurance that clients receive a consistently high level of quality service.
A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the item or product conforms to established technical requirements.
methods for ensuring that information systems are free from errors and fraud and provide information products of high quality
The set of activities used to ensure that the processes used in the preparation of sterile drug products lead to the products that meet predetermined standards of quality.
using system checks to ensure quality standards set by an organisation, such as missions and statements, can be maintained and corrected if they go wrong.
The production control step in which the product is inspected at various stages along the route to insure that it meets standards.
The dependable and accurate monitoring and documentation process to assure that the products shipped do indeed meet aggregate specifications.
A program designed to monitor the level of care members receive to ensure quality.
a system used by industry to make sure that products meet the correct standards.
The independent function within INEOS Fluor Ltd that has the responsibility for reviewing all data relating to production of ZEPHEX propellants, for releasing product to the customer, and for conducting internal and external compliance audits.
The procedural and operational framework used by modellers to assure technically and scientifically adequate execution of the tasks included in the study to assure that all analysis is reproducible and defensible.
is a formal methodology designed to assess the quality of services provided. Quality assurance includes formal review of care, problem identification, corrective actions to remedy any deficiencies and evaluation of actions taken. 60 R (Back to Top)
activities intended to ensure that the best available knowledge concerning the use of health care to improve health outcomes is properly implemented. This involves the implementation of health care standards, including quality assessment and activities to correct, reduce variations in, or otherwise improve health care practices relative to these standards.
This ensures a consistent approach to monitoring and maintaining the quality of performance - for example, international quality standards such as ISO 9000. With competence-based vocational qualifications, quality assurance is dependent largely upon the internal and external verification process.
A planned and systematic process of ensuring that the requirements of the assessment system, competency standards and any other criteria are applied in a consistent manner. Quality assurance mechanisms or procedures are an integral part of an assessment system.
That set of activities that are carried out to set standards and to monitor and improve performance so that the care provided will satisfy stated or implied needs.
is the means through which an institution ensures and confirms that the conditions are in place for students to achieve the standards set by it or by another awarding body.
An organization-wide process of measuring and improving the quality of the health care provided by a health plan’s or managed care company’s participating providers.
Used in this context, quality assurance (QA) describes a series of tests performed to test and verify the quality of the products of radiology, the images and reports.
The set of support activities (including facilitation, training, measurement, and analysis) needed to provide adequate confidence that processes are established and continuously improved in order to produce products that meet specifications and are fit for use.
Efforts by a laboratory to ensure their test results can be substantiated by other laboratories.
Objectively and systematically monitoring the process and outcomes of care to ensure and improve its quality by use of frequent performance and outcomes measurement.
The actions necessary to give confidence that the product or service will satisfy the quality requirements
The process of looking at how well a medical service is provided. The process may include formally reviewing health care given to a person, or group of persons, locating the problem, correcting the problem, and then checking to see if what you did worked.
Activities and programs intended to assure the quality of care in a defined medical setting. Such programs include peer or utilization review components to identify and remedy deficiencies in quality. The program must have a mechanism for assessing its effectiveness and may measure care against pre-established standards.
an integrated system of management activities involving planning, quality control, quality assessment, reporting, and quality improvement to ensure that a product or service (e.g., environmental data) meets defined standards of quality with a stated level of confidence.
Set of activities that measures the characteristics of health care services and may include corrective measures.
A formal set of activities to review and positively affect the quality of services provided by a plan.
The planned and systematic process of ensuring the consistent application of registration requirements by Registered Training Organisations. Quality assurance forms part of a quality management system/focus.
The function of evaluating product quality and the procedures taken to ensure that the final product conforms to the specification requirements. It has for its purpose the continuing assurance of the customer that the product he receives is of, or better than, the quality level he expects.
The guarantee from the manufacturer that it has set up systems to ensure the production of a quality product.
a series of inspection and control procedures to ensure a product or process meets or exceeds certain defined specifications.
an integrated system of planning, quality control, assessment, improvement and reporting. [Source: Quality Assurance Guidance for Conducting Brownfields Site Assessments, EPA 540-R-98-038, Page 1
Systems and procedures designed to ensure that a study is being performed in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and that the data being generated is accurate.
Formal process of implementing quality assessment and quality improvement in programmes to assure people that professional activities have been performed adequately.
A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the product, its components, packaging and labeling are acceptable for their intended use.
The procedures established to ensure that a product is manufactured, or a clinical trial is performed, in compliance with the appropriate standards and regulatory requirements, and that the process or results are properly documented.
All the planned and systematic activities implemented within the quality systems to provide adequate confidence the requirements for quality will be met.
All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a facility, structure, system, or component will perform satisfactorily and safely in service.
Programs of regular assessment of medical activities to evaluate and continually improve the quality of medical care.
A program conducted by a laboratory to ensure accuracy and reliability of tests performed.
"The process assuring the quality of one organization's outcomes. "
An assessment of the delivery portion of healthcare plans to make sure patients are receiving high quality care.
Those procedures and controls designed to monitor the conduct of toxicological studies in order to assure the quality of the data and the integrity of the study.
the quality engineering task that ensures the quality of the endeavor’s process. Note that QA involves both evaluating the quality of the process as well as identifying ways to eliminate its defects. These process defects include both defects in the documented process as well as inconsistencies between the process as documented and the process as actually performed. Contrast with quality control.
Conduct of activities that safeguard or improve the quality of health care by correcting deficiencies found through quality assessment.
Planned and systematic review process of an institution or program to determine that acceptable standards of education, scholarship, and infrastructure are being maintained and enhanced. Usually includes expectations that mechanisms of quality control are in place and effective. Also (U.K.), the means through which an institution confirms that the conditions are in place for students to achieve the standards set by the institution or other awarding body.
An organized set of activities intended systematically to ensure quality of care. Deficiencies in care are identified, measured, and systematically remeasured in the context of ongoing staff training and monitoring until an acceptable level of practice is consistently maintained.
an approach to organising work that: ensures the institution's mission and aims are clear and known to all; ensures the systems through which work will be done are well thought out, foolproof and communicated to everyone; ensures everyone's responsibilities are clear and understood; defines and documents the institution's sense of 'quality'; sets in place systems to check that everything is working to plan; and when things go wrong - and they will - there are agreed ways of putting them right.
All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or service will satisfy given requirements for quality.
all those planned and systematic actions needed to provide adequate confidence that products or services will satisfy specified requirements.
the process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards.
The practice of checking hardware, software, or systems for defects, identifying such defects, and then checking to make sure that such defects are corrected...
Quality assurance encompasses any activity that is concerned with assessing and improving the merit or the worth of a development intervention or its compliance with given standards (DAC).
A formal methodology and set of activities designed to access the quality of services provided. Quality assurance includes formal review of care, problem identification, corrective actions to remedy any deficiencies and evaluation of actions taken.
a policy or procedure written to ensure that a product reaches the customer to the correct specification
ISO] The planned systematic activities necessary to ensure that a component, module, or system conforms to established technical requirements. All actions that are taken to ensure that a development organization delivers products that meet performance requirements and adhere to standards and procedures. The policy, procedures, and systematic actions established in an enterprise for the purpose of providing and maintaining some degree of confidence in data integrity and accuracy throughout the life cycle of the data, which includes input, update, manipulation, and output. (QA) The actions, planned and performed, to provide confidence that all systems and components that influence the quality of the product are working as expected individually and collectively.
The process of ensuring a correct result.
A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the product optimally fulfils customers' expectations, i.e. that it is problem-free and well able to perform the task it was designed for.
Process by which the factor verifies that the product or service provided by the client was received and accepted by the customer and that the customer intends to pay the factor the money due under the invoice. This process takes place before the factor sends out the advance to the client.
The formal and systematic monitoring and reviewing of medical care delivery and outcome; designing activities to improve healthcare and overcome identified deficiencies in providers, facilities, or support systems; and carrying out follow-up steps or procedures to ensure that actions have been effective and no new problems have been introduced.
A systematic process of verifying that a product or service being developed is meeting specified requirements.
The application of planned and systematic methods to verify that quality control procedures are being effectively implemented.
Practices that ensure accurate laboratory results.
A role some organizations use to ensure that a quality bar is set and met; not to be confused with the testing role in the MSF team model, which is responsible for tracking the status of product development.
Tests and procedures to make sure that the code and content meet the highest level of quality standards. In addition, there should be between 10 to 25 different testing procedures completed before a site goes live to the world.
Quality Planning Quasi integration
All those planned and systematic actions that are established to ensure that the trial is performed and the data are generated, documented (recorded), and reported in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the applicable regulatory requirement(s).
The methods CBHNP uses to make sure that the services you receive provide the best care for your needs.
All those planned or systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or service is of the type and quality needed and expected by the customer.
The part of quality management focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled.
is a program by which the director of internal auditing evaluates the operations of the internal auditing department. The purpose of the quality assurance program is to provide reasonable assurance that internal auditing work conforms with the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, the internal auditing department's charter, and other applicable standards. The quality assurance program should include the following elements: Supervision Internal reviews External reviews (560.01)
A critical review process to ensure that a task is adequately and correctly performed.
The application of planned, systematic activities, within a documented management framework, that provides confidence that the outputs from a process meet the Business Owner's requirements.
A complete program designed to produce results which are valid, scientifically defensible, and of known precision, bias, and accuracy. Includes planning, documentation, and quality control activities.
The result of quality control processes to provide security to the end-user that product is wholesome, meets high quality standards and is safe for consumption.
All those planned actions used to fulfil the requirements for quality.
Generally refers to the post-production checks, inspection, or reviews done to ensure quality of a product or service.
This involves the work of applying the quality plan, or more specifically to ensure that the project has the necessary quality tools and techniques, performing the quality audits, and analyzing the processes. The results of quality assurance include making improvements to the project deliverables, processes, and/or plan. See section 8.2 of the PMBOK.
An approach to improving the quality and appropriateness of medical care and other services. Includes a formal set of activities to review, assess, and monitor care to ensure that identified problems are addressed.
Also referred to as quality control; the monitoring of systems and processes to ensure that the quality of work is within defined tolerances.
The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to ensure that it will satisfy relevant quality standards
A system of activities whose purpose is to provide assurance that the quality control is being done effectively.
Program that is intended, by its actions, to guarantee a standard level of quality.
The process of ensuring that the degree of excellence specified is achieved
Activities involving a review of quality of services and the taking of any corrective actions to remove any deficiencies in the services.
See also Data Cleansing - A planned and systematic set of actions to provide adequate confidence that work products and the processes used to produce them conform to established requirements.
The administrative and procedural requirements established by the contract documents and by code to assure that constructed masonry is in compliance with the contract documents.
The systems and procedures designed and implemented by an organisation to ensure that its products and services are of a consistent standard and are being continuously improved.