Pharmaceutical Guidelines

Quality Assurance (QA) in the Pharmaceutical industry, is very essential for ensuring that Pharmaceutical Products are manufactured to a safe and consistent standard, and references with the guidelines, WHO, GMP are the main principles for pharmaceutical products.

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Tuesday 12 May 2020

CAPA SYSTEM


     
     Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA) is a process that investigates and solves problems, identifies causes, takes corrective action, and prevents recurrence of the root causes. The ultimate purpose of CAPA is to assure the problem can never be experienced again.



Corrective Action:Action taken to eliminate the causes of an existing Non-Conformity, defect or other undesirable situations to prevent recurrence corrective action is a reaction to a problem that has already occurred. It assumes that a nonconformance or problem exists and has been reported by either internal or external sources. The actions initiated are intended to: Fix the problem and modify the quality system so that the process that caused it is monitored to prevent a recurrence. The documentation for a corrective action provides evidence that the problem was recognized, corrected, and proper controls installed to make sure that it does not happen again.









Preventive Action: Action taken to eliminate the causes of potential non-conformity, defect or the undesirable situations to prevent occurrence.  A preventive action is initiated to stop a potential problem from occurring. It assumes that adequate monitoring and controls are in place in the quality system to assure that potential problems are identified and eliminated before they happen. If something in the quality system indicates that a possible problem is or may develop, a preventive action must be implemented to avert and then eliminate the potential situation. The documentation for a preventive action provides evidence that an effective quality system has been implemented that is able to anticipate, identify and eliminate potential problems.
Assignee: The person assigned action for a CAPA. Corrective Actions as well as Preventive Actions are the ways to mitigate risk to the    product, process, equipment or facilities. In order to develop the proper Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions (CAPA) system it is desirable that risk associated to the process, product, equipment or facilities are understood and appropriate actions are initiated.
Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions (CAPA) shall be applied throughout the life cycle of the product.







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