Document Control and Document Archival Procedures

Oral Presentation

Prepared by C. Katsikis
Laboratory Data Consultants FL, Inc., 112 Kings Way, Royal Palm Beach, FL, 33411

Contact Information: ckatsikis@ldcfl.com; 561-753-0483


ABSTRACT

Document Control and Document Archival Procedures (2 or 4 hr)

The impact of document control and archival in any organization becomes apparent during audits, legal cases and simply, when internal and external interested parties need to use or reference records, procedures and/or documents. In this class we will present the importance of Document Control and Document Archival for administrative, field, laboratory and support organizations (such as consultants and field organizations).

Record archival, retrieval and documentation of these tasks, are extremely important to any organization and the methodologies on how to achieve these functions will also be presented. Several external standards exist on Document Control and Archival such as ISO, EPA, NELAC, etc.

Examples and exercises of how to control paper and electronic documentation will be discussed and several States specific requirements will be given as references to the attendees.