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Quality Assurance

The Department of Quality Assurance ensures the quality of all products produced, at each stage of manufacturing or processing drug products.

Quality guarantee (QA) is a broad concept and includes all aspects that can have an impact on all quality measure pharmaceutical products. The purpose of QA is: to ensure that the drug determined competently provides the desired effect on the person who takes it.

SOP for Installation Qualification Protocol and Formats

SOP for Installation Qualification Protocol and Formats

Instrument SOP, General Topics, Production, Quality Assurance, Quality Control
SOP for Installation Qualification Protocol and Formats is a critical phase in the validation process for equipment, systems, and utilities in regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices. An IQ protocol is a document that outlines the procedures and criteria for the installation and verification of equipment. Below is an outline of an Installation Qualification Protocol along with suggested formats for key sections: INTRODUCTION Installation Qualification (IQ) is the process, which establishes through verification and documentation that the <Name of equipment> exists and is installed according to specification. Verification of appropriate documentation, such as, SOPs, drawings, repair parts lists, calibration methods, etc. for each piece of filter ...
SOP for Corrective Action in Pharmaceuticals Industry

SOP for Corrective Action in Pharmaceuticals Industry

Quality Assurance, SOPs
SOP for Corrective Action in Pharmaceuticals Industry is crucial for maintaining quality and efficiency in any organization. Here's a general outline that you can customize based on your specific industry or organizational needs. Ensure that the SOP is easily accessible to all relevant personnel and is reviewed periodically to reflect any changes in processes or requirements. Regular training and awareness programs can help ensure that all team members are familiar with the Corrective Action Procedure. Objective: This procedure establishes the process to identify, track, complete the investigation of the problem and correct the causes of existing non-conformances including complaints in products, processes, the Pharmaceuticals Industry Quality Management System, and services in the Pharm...
SOP for Pharmaceuticals Record and Data Management

SOP for Pharmaceuticals Record and Data Management

Quality Assurance, Production, Quality Control, SOPs
Creating a Standard Operating Procedure SOP for Pharmaceuticals Record and Data Management is essential to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and maintain the integrity of critical data. Here's a template to help you develop an SOP tailored to pharmaceuticals. Adjust it according to the specific needs and processes of your pharmaceutical organization. Objective: To assure that records used by pharmaceuticals employees are properly managed. Records include reports, correspondence, diaries, quality records and technical records. Quality records include the following: internal audit reports, management reviews, corrective and preventive actions. Technical records include forms, worksheets, control graphs, inspection reports, and test reports. Scope: This procedure applies to t...
Standard Operating Procedure for Document and Data Control

Standard Operating Procedure for Document and Data Control

Production, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, SOPs
Creating a Standard Operating Procedure for Document and Data Control is crucial for ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance in managing organizational information. Here's a template you can use as a starting point. Adjust it based on the specific needs and processes of your organization. Objective This procedure ensure that document within the scope of ISO 9001are controlled so that current version of all document is readily available at the point of application. Scope This procedure will apply to all quality environmental, Lab management system document like, all manual, procedure, work instruction standard and specification format etc. Procedure Document Numbering System  The numbering scheme of all documents will consist of nine numbers. WW/XX/YY/ZZZ First WW show...
Cleaning & Disinfection of Plant and Related Offices

Cleaning & Disinfection of Plant and Related Offices

General SOPS, General Topics, Production, Quality Assurance, SOPs
Cleaning & Disinfection of Plant and Related Offices facilities and offices is essential to maintain a safe and healthy environment for employees and visitors. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you effectively clean and disinfect your plant and related offices: OBJECTIVES To describe methods of hygiene, cleaning, and disinfection of the plant and related areas. SCOPE The SOP covers the total production, QC/QA laboratories including animal house, stores change / wash rooms and related offices. RESPONSIBILITIES It is the responsibility of the every employ to help maintain the plant and its surrounding areas in the hygienic condition adopting good house keeping practices. Specifically it is direct responsibility of section Incharge to ensure application of cleaning p...
Equipment Operational Qualification (SOP)

Equipment Operational Qualification (SOP)

SOPs, Production, Quality Assurance, Quality Control
Equipment Operational Qualification (SOP) is the process, which establishes through verification and documentation that the equipment is capable of operating within established limits and tolerances. This demonstration of basic performance must involve operational aspects of the equipment that will be routinely used in manufacturing. OBECTIVE: This guideline defines the minimum requirements for facility regarding the Equipment Operational Qualification (SOP) which must be performed following Installation Qualification (IQ) and prior to process, system qualification. SCOPE: All critical equipments will require successful completion of Operational Qualification (OQ). For New Equipment: OQ must be completed prior to manufacture of product for process validation. For existing equi...
Cleaning Validation Standard Operating Procedure

Cleaning Validation Standard Operating Procedure

SOPs, Production, Quality Assurance
Equipment changeover Cleaning Validation Standard Operating Procedure must be validated for all major and minor product contact equipment used for multi-product production, subdivision and sampling of drug products and in process materials. INTRODUCTION Validation of cleaning procedures has generated considerable discussion since agency documents, including the Inspection Guide for Bulk Pharmaceutical Chemicals and the Biotechnology Inspection Guide, have briefly addressed this issue. These Agency documents clearly establish the expectation that cleaning procedures (processes) be validated. This guide is designed to establish inspection consistency and uniformity by discussing practices that have been found acceptable (or unacceptable). Simultaneously, one must recognize that for cleani...
SOP for Purified Water & Potable Water Testing

SOP for Purified Water & Potable Water Testing

SOPs, Microbiology, Quality Assurance
Formula: H2O Molecular Weight: 18 Source of Information: WHO/BP/USP Purpose: To avoid microbial contamination in products.  Liquid as well as solids. Water Sampling Point Place Tests and Frequency Purpose SP-1 Between Turbine and Tank Chemical and Microbiological: Once in a Month To prove the chemical quality and microbiology of  the well water SP-2 Between Tank and Sand Filter Chemical and microbiological. Fortnightly To prove the chemical quality of the well water and the change of the microbial Quality in the Tank SP-3 After Hardness Stabilizing System (Anti-scaling System) Chemical: Twice a week To prove the effect of the Hardness stabilizing system SP-4 Primary storage tank Chemical: Twice a week To prove the efficacy of 1st two memb...
Standard Operating Procedure for Product Development

Standard Operating Procedure for Product Development

Quality Assurance, Production, SOPs
Developing a Standard Operating Procedure for Product Development is crucial for ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency in the development process. Here's a general outline for creating an SOP for product development. Please tailor this outline to fit the specific needs and processes of your organization and industry: PURPOSE To define and document a procedure for pharmaceutical product development. SCOPE This procedure applies to development of new pharmaceutical product. RESPONSIBILITIES  The Managing Director (MD / CEO) approves the initiation of the project. New Product Technical Committee (NPTC) is responsible for designing and documenting inputs and outputs of design and development activities. This committee comprises of: Executive Director (Technical) ...
SOP for the preparation of Master Formula Record

SOP for the preparation of Master Formula Record

SOPs, Production, Quality Assurance, Quality Control
SOP for the preparation of Master Formula Record Some basic explanations and instructions were given for preparing various documents required by Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines from WHO and from several regulatory authorities. GMP guidelines include the requirements for documents (individual), documentation (the systems and formats for documents), and documenting (recording) of production and control activities. Most GMP guidelines provide the same or very similar information as the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice are now international in scope. In this guidance document, the requirement for master manufacturing instructions and the requirements as given in different GMP documents, Terms for Master Formula (MF) WHO identifies manufacturing instructions as “Master Formula. ...