Learn How Professional Laboratories Maintain Quality, Reliability & Trust
Can you perform laboratory testing—but do you understand how laboratories ensure their results are reliable, traceable, documented, and quality-controlled?
Join CSA PAKISTAN’s One-Month Virtual Internship and build a practical foundation in Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and earn certificate of completion.
Who Should Join?
Perfect for:
Life Science Students
Laboratory Professionals
Researchers & Research Students
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Students
Microbiology & Biochemistry Students
Biotechnology & Molecular Biology Students
Quality Assurance & Quality Control Professionals
What Will You Learn?
✔ Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
✔ Laboratory documentation & SOPs
✔ Sample management & traceability
✔ Equipment calibration & maintenance
✔ Quality Assurance & Quality Control
✔ Data integrity
✔ ISO/IEC 17025:2017 fundamentals
✔ Laboratory competence & testing processes
✔ Nonconformities & corrective actions
✔ Internal audits & continual improvement
Session-Wise Contents
Session 1 — Introduction to Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
Topics Covered
- What are Good Laboratory Practices?
- Importance of GLP in modern laboratories
- Objectives and principles of GLP
- GLP vs Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- GLP vs Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
- Laboratory organization and responsibilities
- Quality culture in laboratories
- Common laboratory quality failures
- Role of GLP in generating reliable laboratory data
Practical Focus
Participants will examine examples of good and poor laboratory practices and identify potential quality problems.
Outcome
By the end of this session, participants will understand the fundamental principles of GLP and why quality systems are essential for reliable laboratory work.
Session 2 — Laboratory Organization, Safety & Good Working Practices
Topics Covered
- Laboratory organization and workflow
- Roles and responsibilities of laboratory personnel
- Laboratory safety fundamentals
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Chemical and biological safety
- Waste management
- Contamination prevention
- Housekeeping and laboratory hygiene
- Workplace organization
- Good laboratory behavior
Practical Focus
Participants will evaluate laboratory scenarios and identify unsafe or non-compliant practices.
Outcome
Participants will be able to recognize essential laboratory safety and housekeeping practices and understand their relationship with laboratory quality.
Session 3 — SOPs, Documentation & Document Control
Topics Covered
- What is an SOP?
- Importance of SOPs in laboratory operations
- Structure of a laboratory SOP
- SOP development principles
- Document identification and version control
- Approval and authorization
- Controlled vs uncontrolled documents
- Document revision and obsolete documents
- Laboratory forms and records
- Good documentation practices
Practical Focus
Participants will explore the structure of a laboratory SOP and learn how controlled documents support consistent laboratory operations.
Outcome
Participants will understand how to develop, control, use, and maintain laboratory documentation.
Session 4 — Sample Management, Identification & Traceability
Topics Covered
- Sample collection and receipt
- Sample identification
- Labelling requirements
- Sample acceptance and rejection
- Sample storage
- Sample preparation
- Sample tracking
- Chain of custody
- Prevention of sample mix-ups
- Traceability throughout the laboratory workflow
Practical Focus
Participants will work through sample-management scenarios and identify points where traceability can be lost.
Outcome
Participants will understand how laboratories maintain sample identity, integrity, and traceability from receipt to final reporting.
Session 5 — Laboratory Equipment, Calibration & Maintenance
Topics Covered
- Importance of laboratory equipment management
- Equipment selection and suitability
- Installation and qualification concepts
- Calibration vs verification
- Equipment maintenance
- Equipment identification
- Equipment status labels
- Calibration records
- Maintenance records
- Handling equipment failures
- Preventive maintenance
Practical Focus
Participants will analyze examples of equipment records and identify essential information required for effective equipment management.
Outcome
Participants will understand how equipment control contributes to accurate and reliable laboratory results.
Session 6 — Quality Assurance, Quality Control & Data Integrity
Topics Covered
- Quality Assurance (QA) vs Quality Control (QC)
- Quality indicators
- Internal quality control
- Monitoring laboratory performance
- Control materials and reference materials
- Data integrity fundamentals
- Accurate recording of laboratory results
- Prevention of data manipulation and errors
- ALCOA principles and good data practices
- Laboratory records and electronic data
Practical Focus
Participants will evaluate example laboratory records and identify potential data-quality issues.
Outcome
Participants will be able to distinguish QA from QC and recognize the importance of data integrity in laboratory operations.
Session 7 — Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Topics Covered
- What is ISO/IEC 17025?
- Purpose of ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Laboratories covered by the standard
- Accreditation vs certification
- Structure of ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- General requirements
- Structural requirements
- Resource requirements
- Process requirements
- Management system requirements
- Importance of impartiality and confidentiality
Practical Focus
Participants will explore the major sections of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and understand how they relate to laboratory operations.
Outcome
Participants will develop a foundational understanding of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and its role in demonstrating laboratory competence.
Session 8 — Technical Competence, Testing & Measurement Processes
Topics Covered
- Personnel competence
- Training and competency assessment
- Selection and verification of methods
- Method validation and verification
- Measurement traceability
- Measurement uncertainty — introduction
- Quality control of testing activities
- Ensuring validity of results
- Reporting laboratory results
- Technical records
Practical Focus
Participants will examine a simplified laboratory testing workflow and identify the quality requirements associated with each stage.
Outcome
Participants will understand the major technical factors that laboratories must control to produce technically valid and reliable results.
Session 9 — Nonconformities, Corrective Actions, Risk & Internal Audits
Topics Covered
- What is a nonconformity?
- Identifying laboratory nonconformities
- Root cause analysis
- Corrective action
- Preventive thinking and continual improvement
- Risk-based thinking
- Laboratory risks and opportunities
- Internal audit fundamentals
- Audit findings
- Corrective action follow-up
Practical Focus
Participants will work through laboratory quality scenarios and identify root causes, corrective actions, and improvement opportunities.
Outcome
Participants will understand how laboratories identify problems, investigate their causes, implement corrective actions, and continuously improve their quality systems.
Session 10 — Integrating GLP & ISO/IEC 17025:2017: Final Practical Application
Topics Covered
- Connecting GLP principles with laboratory quality systems
- Documentation and traceability
- Personnel and competency
- Equipment and calibration
- Testing and measurement
- Quality control
- Data integrity
- Nonconformity and corrective action
- Internal audit concepts
- Preparing a laboratory for quality-system implementation
Practical Activity
Participants will complete an integrated laboratory quality scenario covering multiple GLP and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 concepts.
Outcome
Participants will be able to connect the different components of GLP and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 into a structured laboratory quality framework.
Registration Procedure
To register for this internship, please follow the steps below:
- National students, Pay the registration fee 75% off (Before P̶K̶R̶ ̶1̶2̶0̶0̶0̶) PKR 3000 through Easy paisa account no +923347186283 (M.Ehsan ul haq).
- International students will pay 30$ via payoneer in account ID [email protected]
- Visit our website and fill out the REGISTRATION FORM and add the transaction ID and fee paid receipt in the registration form. Don’t forget to submit the form.
- Once we receive your registration and payment, we will send you a confirmation email with further instructions.
- This course have only 30 slots for national and 20 slots for international students.
Note: The internship program will be conducted online via Zoom. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the program.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your research skills and boost your career prospects. Register today!