Installation Qualification (IQ): Establishes the instrumentation was received as
specified and documents the proper installation and
operability according to manufacturer standards.

Operational Qualification (OQ): The process of demonstrating that an instrument
will function according to the manufacturer’s
operational specifications under normal laboratory
conditions.

Performance Verification (PV): A testing procedure designed to test the analytical
instrument’s functional performance to factory
published specifications.

• Provide the evidence needed to satisfy the requirements of international
  regulatory and quality agencies.
• Eliminate the need for laboratory validation specialists and quality
  assurance/quality protocols for the tested instruments.
• Ensure that the instrument is performing according to the manufacturers
  specification.
• Follow the same equipment qualification procedures and provide uniform documentation from laboratory
  to laboratory, worldwide.
• Decrease the risk of financial loss caused by noncompliance.
• Ensure confidence in the integrity of their measurements, with traceable
  documentation that give them, their customers, and regulatory agencies a
  complete record.
• Trained and certified service engineers perform the equipment qualification procedures.
• SCC provides calibrated and traceable tools, testing equipment and standards
  needed to qualify the instrument.
• SCC is factory trained in the operation of the instrument.