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Free self-assessment

How ready is your lab for its next audit?

15 yes/no questions, 5 minutes. Answer honestly — the report scores your readiness across records, data integrity, training, and audit logistics, with specific guidance for every gap.

Records & traceability

Can you produce the complete history of any test result — who entered it, who reviewed it, when, and every change — in under 5 minutes?
Does every sample have a unique ID that follows it from receipt to report?
Are your chain-of-custody records complete for every sample that requires them?
Can you retrieve any COA you've ever issued, exactly as the client received it?

Data integrity

Are verified results locked against silent edits — with any correction requiring a documented reason?
Do out-of-spec results get flagged automatically rather than by eye?
Are electronic signatures (where you use them) tied to a password re-entry and a stated meaning (reviewed / approved)?
Is result data entered once, at the point of work — not transcribed between paper, instrument printouts, and spreadsheets?

People & training

Can you show, for each analyst, which methods they're trained and authorized to perform?
Do staff acknowledge SOPs and their revisions, with a record of who read what and when?
Are roles and permissions enforced by your systems — so a trainee physically can't approve results?

Audit logistics

Could you assemble a complete audit package — records, trails, training, method versions — in under a day?
Do you track instrument calibration and maintenance due dates somewhere that actually alerts you?
Are holding times and due dates tracked automatically, with warnings before they're breached?
If your key records person left tomorrow, would the lab's records system keep working?

Get your readiness report

Answer all 15 questions above, then tell us where to send follow-up resources — your scored report appears immediately.