How to Survive a Surprise Audit

Not a big fan of surprise audits? Here's how you can take the stress out of those unexpected visits from governing agencies. It's just a matter of staying organized.
How to Survive a Surprise Audit
Auditors often go straight to the lab, where they look for overall cleanliness, standard operating procedures, calibration logs, standard logs and access to data.

Surprise audits at a treatment plant are not uncommon. Governing agencies sometimes show up unannounced to look over records and walk through the facility. I’ve had this happen three times over the past few years, and with each visit the auditor found fewer things wrong — and the...

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