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1.0ORGANI ZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY 1 87 Kl 0 
In order for a laboratory to operate professionally and efficiently, an organizational
structure with defined responsibilities is necessary. The job responsibilities
of key staff are outlined below. 
1.1 Laboratory Manager 
— Long-range planning of the laboratory; 
- Hiring and assignment of personnel; 
— Justification, purchase and successful implementation of new equipment;
- Management of laboratory resources to accomplish designated goals; and
— Keeping laboratory staff focused on a quality control program that
will meet legally defensible data quality objectives. 
1.2 Technical Operations Supervisor 
- Monitoring data for completeness, accuracy and data quality; 
— Certification of personnel on new procedures; 
— Maintaining up-to-date procedures and enforcing compliance with the
written laboratory methods; 
— Identifying corrective actions when quality control limits are not
within acceptable limits; and 
- Coordination of service work on instruments. 
1.3 chemists 
— Performance of required tests according to a defined protocol; 
— Calculation and calculation verification of lab results; 
— Informing supervisor when out-of-control situations exist; 
- Maintaining instrument log books for each instrument;