Definition of quality assurance
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
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James Bilstad, 81, the former associate director of quality assurance of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, died Jan. 15 at his home in San Ramon, Calif.
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UTC Aerospace Systems is adding 75 positions at its Miami Gardens operation, including for aerospace/aviation assembly technician, disassembly technician, manual machinist, plating technician, engineering and quality assurance.
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Norita Taylor, spokesperson for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, says the government offers little quality assurance for devices on the market.
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Alabamians with questions about the recall can contact Shane Fresh, vice president of quality assurance for Patterson Foods, at (817) 546-3561.
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The same philosophy is being applied in Baltimore, where a company called Rowdy Orbit Impact is training a dozen black and Latino ex-prisoners for programming and quality assurance tech jobs.
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Since then, Dudek says the company has reduced the number of people and amount of time dedicated to reviewing calls for quality assurance.
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Select cases - such as domestic violence arrests - are eligible for programs like emergency foster care, said Bridget Gibbons, the director of programming, training and quality assurance for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court's probation department.
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In Winterkorn, Piëch selected a Ph.D. engineer and former quality assurance chief with a reputation for perfectionism and micromanagement.
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First Known Use of quality assurance
1973
QUALITY ASSURANCE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of quality assurance for English Language Learners
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: the activity of checking goods or services to make sure that they are good
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medical Definition of quality assurance
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
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