QMS, CAPA & Quality System Management worked example
Calibration Compliance Score with severity of an out-of-tolerance instrument of 15 score: a worked example in qms, capa & quality system management
What does the result look like when severity of an out-of-tolerance instrument reaches 15 score? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when calibration compliance in qms, capa and quality system management needs a defensible ranking against other qms, capa and quality system management risks for the next review.
The inputs for this scenario
- Severity of an out-of-tolerance instrument: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
- Likelihood the instrument drifts out of calibration: 4 score (unchanged)
- Chance a drift is caught before it affects product: 3 score (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Calibration compliance risk score = calibration compliance severity score × calibration compliance occurrence score × calibration compliance detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for calibration compliance risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for calibration compliance severity score.
- At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for calibration compliance occurrence score.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for calibration compliance detection score.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where severity of an out-of-tolerance instrument sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
- A figure at this level is achievable when severity of an out-of-tolerance instrument is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. The score is only comparable when every instrument is rated on the identical scale; mixing rating scales or subjective scoring across raters makes the numbers meaningless.
Results at a glance
- Calibration compliance risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
- Calibration compliance severity score: 15 score
- Calibration compliance occurrence score: 4 score
- Calibration compliance detection score: 3 score
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Calibration Compliance Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.