Title: quality management system
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - quality management system
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08110
Status: current

Definition
Part of a set of interrelated or interacting elements of an organization to establish quality policies and quality objectives and processes to achieve those objectives.

Notes
1) A laboratory's structure, roles and responsibilities, planning, operation, practices, rules, and beliefs are also established within the quality management system.
2) Other common parts of a laboratory's management system are financial management and environmental management. These management systems should not be confused with a laboratory information management system.

Related Terms
- laboratory information management system: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08084
- organization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08091
- quality objectives: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08112
- quality policies: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08115

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1035 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)

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Citation: Citation: 'quality management system' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08110
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