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Here is one I have not found an answer to (though maybe I didn't look hard enough)
We recently went through a preassessment audit by our registrars. Also, we had not completed our first systemwide internal audit.
We are progressing but I have this nagging thought running through my head.
Okay, I am sitting there with our registrar and he is reviewing our training (which we had previously audited, but let's say we had not!!!). Now, he has no findings. Now, I am reviewing my audit schedule and see that we need to do an internal audit on Training. Didn't I just PAY to have that audited. Why must I audit it again in the next week?
Can I consider that as being audited and move the next audit out in say 3 months?
So, here is the million dollar question:
Can I consider those areas that were covered by the pre-assessment as internal audits (using an outside resource). I can consider them complete on my schedule and I can therefore move on to other elements that need review.
See one of the findings was that we had was that we hadn't done a full system audit. So here I am reviewing my audit schedule and seeing that I need to audit Customer Satisfaction. Well our auditor just did that. Now to comply with his finding on the pre-assessment, I need to audit it again just so I can show that I did a full system audit!!!!
my head is swirling
We recently went through a preassessment audit by our registrars. Also, we had not completed our first systemwide internal audit.
We are progressing but I have this nagging thought running through my head.
Okay, I am sitting there with our registrar and he is reviewing our training (which we had previously audited, but let's say we had not!!!). Now, he has no findings. Now, I am reviewing my audit schedule and see that we need to do an internal audit on Training. Didn't I just PAY to have that audited. Why must I audit it again in the next week?
Can I consider that as being audited and move the next audit out in say 3 months?
So, here is the million dollar question:
Can I consider those areas that were covered by the pre-assessment as internal audits (using an outside resource). I can consider them complete on my schedule and I can therefore move on to other elements that need review.
See one of the findings was that we had was that we hadn't done a full system audit. So here I am reviewing my audit schedule and seeing that I need to audit Customer Satisfaction. Well our auditor just did that. Now to comply with his finding on the pre-assessment, I need to audit it again just so I can show that I did a full system audit!!!!
my head is swirling

I think you may be better served by allowing some time for the findings to be corrected and then performing an internal audit as a follow-up. Also, a third party audit does not take the place of your internal audit. If it did, you would never have to do an internal audit. It has nothing to do with politics. There is no way that an outside auditor will be able to audit your organization as well as someone within it. That is why it is a requirement of the standard.