quality assurance

noun

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

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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Recent Examples of quality assurance from the Web

Malwarebytes identified the skills its quality assurance testers would need to stay relevant in the rapidly changing cybersecurity industry.

— tracey lien, latimes.com, "Algorithms are coming for their jobs, so workers are teaching themselves algorithms," 4 May 2018
The losses include 547 customer service workers, 38 team leaders and 55 other employees, including administrators, quality assurance workers and recruiters, according to a notice the company filed with the Idaho Department of Labor.

— john sowell, idahostatesman, "This Boise call center just laid off hundreds of workers," 5 July 2018
Ordinarily a firm in such a position would need to invest heavily in monitoring its workers—hiring staff to carry out quality assurance by taking Uber rides incognito, for instance.

— The Economist, "User-rating systems are cut-rate substitutes for a skilful boss," 28 June 2018
In another deposition released Thursday, Molly McKinstry, AHCA’s deputy secretary for quality assurance, said she was concerned that nursing home officials did not react with enough urgency to the extreme temperatures in their facility.

— nicholas nehamas, daniel chang, sarah blaskey and carol marbin miller, miamiherald, "Hollywood nursing home where a dozen elders died ‘made it worse,’ state expert testifies | Miami Herald," 22 Mar. 2018
On Monday, commerce department official Mark Nye testified the company scored poorly in the quality assurance, security and financial plan categories.

— andrew j. tobias, cleveland.com, "Mike DeWine raised $1 million in 72 hours following his GOP primary win, his campaign says," 14 May 2018
These days, Miller employs about 10 people at Pure Analytics, a quality assurance and testing company outside of Santa Rosa.

— david goldstein and anita chabria, sacbee, "Pot businesses are on a hiring spree. Here’s how much the jobs pay," 8 June 2018
Nature’s Way uses PureCheck quality assurance to test every batch for purity and potency – an important test that confirms the product matches the claim on its label.

— danielle page, USA TODAY, "What everyone should know about Omega-3s," 1 June 2018
Ron Simmer spent more than three decades there, working his way up from heading the quality assurance program to plant manager and, eventually, general manager before retiring in 2013.

— samantha masunaga, latimes.com, "Thrifty ice cream — a portal to childhood — is being sold to Albertsons. What does that mean for its future?," 18 May 2018

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QUALITY ASSURANCE Defined for English Language Learners

quality assurance

noun

Definition of quality assurance for English Language Learners

: the activity of checking goods or services to make sure that they are good

Medical Dictionary

quality assurance

noun quality as·sur·ance \ -ə-ˈshu̇r-ən(t)s \

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