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Quality Management System Documents

Quality Procedures: The documents, having a specific format, provide a stand-alone description of a process as a part of the quality system.

Work Instructions: Written bodies of information providing direction for performing a specified task. These documents are not confined to any specific format.

Forms: When completed forms become records and will provide chronological, objective evidence that CPHST activities have been conducted according to quality procedures, technical procedures, work instructions, or protocols.