Quality Control

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022888",
  "term": "Quality Control",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The implementation of protocols designed to assure that the final sampling or analytical results are reliable.\n\n2. QC refers to scientific precautions, such as calibrations and duplications, that are necessary if data of known and adequate quality are to be acquired. QC is technical in nature and is implemented at the project level. Like QA, QC is an important element of a quality system that ensures that all research design and performance, environmental monitoring and sampling, and other technical and reporting activities conducted by EPA are of the highest possible quality.\n\n3. A procedure for keeping quality of inputs or outputs to specifications.\n\n4. The overall system of technical activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item or service against defined standards to verify that they meet the stated requirements established by the customer; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality.\n\n5. The system of activities to ensure a quality product, including measurements made to ensure and monitor data quality. Includes calibrations, duplicate, blank, and spiked measurements, interlaboratory comparisons, and audits.\n\n6. The overall system of technical activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item, or service against defined standards to verify that they meet the specifications established by the customer; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill the need for quality\n\n7. A system of procedures, checks, audits, and corrective actions to ensure that all EPA research design and performance, environmental monitoring and sampling, and other technical and reporting activities are of the highest achievable quality.\n\n8. \"The overall system of technical activities whose purpose is to measure and control the quality of a product or service so that it meets the needs of users. The aim is to provide quality that is satisfactory, adequate, dependable, and economical\" (QAMS 1993, 17).\n\n9. In EMAP, quality control consists of specific steps taken during the data collection process to ensure that equipment and procedures are operating as intended and that they will allow data quality objectives to be achieved.\n\n10. The overall system of technical activities whose purpose is to measure and control the quality of a product or service so that it meets the needs of its users. The aim is to provide data quality that is satisfactory, adequate, and dependable.\n\n11. The overall system of technical activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item, or service against defined standards to verify that they meet the stated requirements established by the customer; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality. {ORD} {OPP} {OW/TSC} {OAR/OAQPS} {OECA} {ORCR} {OW/EAD}\n\n12. Overall system of technical activities whose purpose is to measure and control the quality of a product or service so that it meets the needs of its users. The aim is to provide data quality that is satisfactory, adequate, and dependable. [EPA 2004]\n\n13. Overall system of technical activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item, or service against defined standards to verify that they meet the stated requirements established by the customer; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality. [EPA/240/B-01/003; EPA/240/B-01/002; QA Glossary]\n\n14. Overall system of technical activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item, or service against defined standards to verify that they meet the stated requirements established by the customer; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality. Quality control activities are typically applied by technical personnel. Example quality control activities include the use of control samples during sample collection, handling, and analysis, and activities such as data review and data validation.\n\n15. Overall system of technical activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item or service against defined standards to verify that they meet the stated requirements established by the customer; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality.\n\n16. The overall system of technical activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item, or service against defined standards to verify that they meet the stated requirements; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality.",
  "abbreviation": "QC",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Underground Storage Tank Sites Guide Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Program Evaluation Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary; Great Lakes: Quality Management Training - Data Review Glossary; Great Lakes: Quality Management Training - Quality Glossary; Forum on Environmental Measurements (FEM) Glossary; EPA/240/B-01/003; EPA/240/B-01/002; QA Glossary",
    "Radon Glossary of Terms",
    "Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "EPA 2004",
    "Forum on Environmental Measurements (FEM) Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "Environmental Sampling and Analytical Methods (ESAM) Program Glossary",
    "EPA Quality Manual 5360",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Environmental Information Quality Procedure Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/quality-control/"
}