ISO 19011:2018 - Guidelines for auditing management systems
6 Conducting an audit
6.6 Completing audit
The audit is completed when all planned audit activities have been carried out, or as otherwise agreed with the audit client (e.g. there might be an unexpected situation that prevents the audit being completed according to the audit plan).
Documented information pertaining to the audit should be retained or disposed of by agreement between the participating parties and in accordance with audit programme and applicable requirements.
Unless required by law, the audit team and the individual(s) managing the audit programme should not disclose any information obtained during the audit, or the audit report, to any other party without the explicit approval of the audit client and, where appropriate, the approval of the auditee. If disclosure of the contents of an audit document is required, the audit client and auditee should be informed as soon as possible.
Lessons learned from the audit can identify risks and opportunities for the audit programme and the auditee.
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