Advance your auditing skills with our IRCA-certified ISO 13485:2016 Lead Auditor Training. Learn to audit medical device quality management systems, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and international regulations. Elevate your professional status.
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This course aims to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to perform first, second and third-party audits of medical device quality management systems against ISO 13485 and applicable international regulatory standards in accordance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021.
In detail the course will provide students with the basis to become a competent Lead Auditor, amongst others via the following:
Successful completion of the course (including examination) will result in issuance of a certificate which may be used to support an application to become registered as an IRCA auditor. Being certified as an IRCA auditor is a clear statement that you are a recognized, qualified and capable auditing professional.
Knowledge of the requirements of ISO 13485 is recommended as well as the knowledge about MD MS audit, in particular the principles and conceptsof the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle; the relationship between ISO 13485 and applicable international regulatory requirements for medical devices; commonly used quality management terms and definitions within ISO 13485 and ISO 9000; the process approach used in MD-QMS.
A working knowledge of risk-management principles related to the design of a medical device, for example ISO 14971 should be available. Furthermore a working knowledge of medical device regulatory process applicable to countries of course attendance is expected for proper discussions of examples during the course.
Having the prior knowledge will support the successful completion of the course. Learners without sufficient prior knowledge might participate in a foundation course of the respective discipline first.
TÜV NORD CERT is an internationally recognized and reliable partner for auditing and certification services. Our experts and auditors have in-depth knowledge and are permanently employed by TÜV NORD. This guarantees independence, neutrality, and continuity in the support we provide to our customers. The advantage for you is obvious: our auditors accompany and support the development of your company and give you objective feedback.