Audit Completion
The audit is completed when all activities described in the audit
plan have been carried out and the approved audit report has been
distributed.
Documents pertaining to the audit should be retained by agreement
between the participating parties and in accordance with audit
program procedures and applicable statutory, regulatory and
contractual requirements.
If your company is registered/certified to one or more of the
international standards you must retain the audit records. Audit
records must be available for your third-party auditors to review
for compliance to the standard's requirements and effectiveness of
the audit process. Audit results are also required to be reviewed at
the management review meetings. Audit results are also, a
significant input for continual improvement.
Unless required by law, the audit team and those responsible for
managing the audit program should not disclose the contents of
documents, or any other information obtained during the audit, or
the audit report, to any other party without the explicit approval
of the auditee. If disclosure of the contents of an audit document
is required, the audit client and auditee should be informed as soon
as possible.
Conducting audit follow-up
The conclusions of the audit may indicate the need for corrective,
preventive or improvement actions. These actions are usually decided
and undertaken by the auditee within an agreed timeframe and are not
considered to be part of the audit. The auditee should keep the
audit client informed of the status of these actions.
The completion and effectiveness of corrective action must be
verified. This verification may be part of a subsequent audit. The
audit program may specify follow-up by members of the audit team,
which adds value by using their expertise. In such cases, care
should be taken to maintain independence in subsequent audit
activities.
The auditor or audit team members should not be involved in
developing or implementing any corrective actions for
nonconformances arising from an audit they conducted. Involving
yourself in corrective actions gives the impression of ownership.
Ownership involves bias.
The links below are excerpts from the our
e-book "Explanations and Definitions
for ISO 19011:2002"
Section 1. ISO 19011 Scope
reference and definitions
Section 2. ISO 19011 Principles of
auditing
Section 3. ISO 19011 Managing an
audit program
Section 4. ISO 19011 Audit program
implementation
Section 5. ISO 19011 Audit
activities
Section 6. ISO 19011 Preparing for
onsite activities
Section 7. ISO 19011 Conducting
onsite activities
Section 8. ISO 19011 What the
auditor is looking for
Section 9 ISO 19011 Audit
reporting
Section 10. ISO 19011 Audit
techniques
Section 11. ISO 19011 Audit path
Section 12. ISO 19011 Effective
communications
Section 13. ISO 19011 Sampling
Section 15. ISO 19011 Competence
and evaluation of auditors
This represents a summary of the section in ISO 19011:2002. It's
suggested that you obtain an actual copy of the standard to refer to
for auditing program purposes.
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