Method Witnessing for Internal Audits

Key Takeaways

A key component of assessments is method witnessing. Method witnessing allows for the assessment of conformance and competence through observing technical staff in the performance of scope activities, reviewing quality system documentation, procedures and records, interviewing personnel and reviewing equipment status and condition.

While method witnessing is used during assessments of laboratories, it can also be a useful tool for organizations performing internal audits. ISO/IEC 17025 requires laboratories to conduct internal audits at planned intervals to provide information on whether the management system conforms to requirements, including laboratory activities. Those laboratory activities are the methods performed by the laboratory. Method witnessing can provide internal auditors objective evidence of conformance of the methods to specified requirements, including standard, internal, customer, or regulatory requirements.

During this complimentary webinar, we will discuss the concept of method witnessing during internal audits, provide possible approaches to method witnessing, and review mechanisms for recording objective evidence during method witnessing.