TABLE 5.

Roles and responsibilities for management review

Activity(ies)	Role(s) and/or responsibility(ies)
	Institution	Microbiology laboratory management	Microbiology staff
Determine quality topics and timeline for management review	Senior management decides what topics and level of detail should be presented	Suggest key areas important for management review	Provide suggestions to laboratory management
	Responsible for scheduling planned meetings to review reports
Collect and analyze data for reports	Decide presentation format that would be most beneficial to capture data	Collate monthly data into comprehensive data that can be presented graphically over time	Assist in the completion of records that will be used to document quality issues
Conduct periodic management review	Hold the meeting as scheduled	Attend management review meeting	Understand what process improvements are in progress
	Record minutes of the meeting, including recommendations made and follow-up actions Monitor the effectiveness of action plans for their efficacy and revise plans as needed	Share outcome of management review meeting with laboratory staff Complete follow-up actions as requested Monitor the effectiveness of recommendations that pertain to the microbiology laboratory