How To Find And Remedy Data Integrity Lapses In Microbiology Labs
Executive Summary
Analytical chemistry labs may get all the attention when it comes to the search for data integrity failures, but FDA and industry experts say not to overlook the possibility of such failures in microbiology labs. Just keep in mind that the highly manual operations in these labs calls for a different approach to auditing.
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