How often and when shall the Laboratory determine the risk of impartiality? For a client – with each request or once a year?
As given for the Risk Identification question, this needs to be ongoing and may in some cases pre-empt a new job arising. For example, a change of ownership of the lab, or of staff relationships, can be seen in advance of a job and steps taken to protect future jobs.
With the mechanisms inbuilt to the lab philosophy and practices, it becomes apparent how often and to what extent activity needs to occur. A fixed interval of once per year is very unlikely to be considered compliant.