Quality audits are typically performed at predefined time intervals and ensure that the institution has clearly defined internal system monitoring procedures linked to effective action.
This can help determine if the organization complies with the defined quality system processes and can involve procedural or results-based assessment criteria.
For the benefit of the organization, quality auditing should not only report non-conformances and corrective actions, but also highlight areas of good practice.
In this way other departments may share information and amend their working practices as a result, also contributing to continual improvement.
The processes and tasks that a quality audit involves can be managed using a wide variety of software and self-assessment tools.