306 Forensic Laboratory Management: Applying Business Principles
An inventory list is required, along with eight specic items of infor-
mation for maintenance records for equipment and soware critical to the
determination of the result. (is suggests an inventory list and a logbook, or
a database for equipment records.) Such items as the method and frequency
of calibration and preventative maintenance are not specied, but they will
have to have written procedures that can meet the accepted criteria of the sci-
entic community and/or the equipment manufacturers. When something
goes wrong in the calibration or maintenance areas, the non-conformity/
corrective action procedures kick in. Identify the individual(s) who are autho-
rized to stop testi ...