Internal Auditing Fundamentals, Third Edition

The perfect introduction to auditing principles, Internal Auditing Fundamentals, Third Edition offers tools and techniques to conduct audits for safety and quality purposes. This handy pocket guide is an easy-to-digest roadmap for providing clients with solid reporting and feedback. Each step-by-step concept—from assignment to preparation, data collection, analysis and reporting, and follow-up—walks the internal auditor through the process to build trust with the auditee.

This book also includes:

• Example forms such as audit plans, work orders, agendas and schedules, checklists, and notification letters
• 20 basic auditing principles and glossary of terms
• Discussion on identifying conformities vs. nonconformities

Paul Russell has performed remote audits with two U.S. Defense Agency contracts. He is Managing Director for QualityWBT Center for Education and the JP Russell Learning Center. For over 20 years, Paul Russell has worked with web-based training and blended learning classes approved by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a voting member of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US TAG) ISO/TC 176 for Quality Management Systems standards. Previously, Russell was in the health industry maintaining U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Union (EU) compliance for blood bank locations, blood manufacturing facilities, and blood mobiles. While performing pharmacy audits, he was assigned to the Midwest/Northeast/Mid-Atlantic/South regions to maintain Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and FDA compliance as well as pharmacy-specific adherence to the drug laws of 21 states and one district.