- Objective:To lay down a procedure for Checking of Strips / Blister and Overprinted Packing Materials.
- Scope:This standard operating procedure is applicable for formulation plant of Pharmaceutical company.
- Responsibility
- Production Supervisor / Officer shall be responsible for implementation of this SOP.
- Head-Production / designee shall be responsible for compliance of this SOP.
- Accountability:
- Head-Production and Head QA shall be accountable for compliance of this SOP.
- Abbreviations and Definitions:
- SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
- Procedure
- Production Checkers those are employed for checking of strips and overprinted packing materials shall check strips / blisters / coded materials for all the possible defects.
- Some of the examples of types of rejection on packing line are:
- Coding rejection.
- Due to text matter/hologram/smudging of ink over printed foil.
- Rejected strips due to cutting.
- Empty pocket rejection.
- Pocket puncture rejection.
- Sealing rejection.
- Over heated strips.
- Chipped / capped / broken tablets.
- Improper forming of blisters.
- Improper appearance / absence of hologram in the final blister strip.
- Some of the examples of types of rejections on coded materials which are checked offline after over printing of cartons/ labels and online during packaging operation.
- Due to printed text.
- Supplier rejection
- Pasting rejection
- Lamination rejection
- Unwanted spots
- Dirty cartons / labels / cache covers.
- Excessive gum
- Overprinting (coding) rejection.
- The production checkers who feel uneasy or complain of headache are unfit for checking.
- The medical examination of all checkers should include the report of proper vision with or without glasses and colour blindness also.
- Checkers those are employed for checking of strips and overprinted materials shall be replaced with other trained checkers alternatively after every two hours.
- Some of the examples of types of rejection on packing line are:
- Forms and Records:
- Nil
- Production Checkers those are employed for checking of strips and overprinted packing materials shall check strips / blisters / coded materials for all the possible defects.
- Distribution
- Master Copy Documentation Cell (QA)
- Controlled Copies Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- History
Date | Revision Number | Reason for revision |
– | 00 | New SOP |