Tag Archives: Jammu

SOP for environmental  monitoring of air

SOP for environmental  monitoring of air OBJECTIVE  :To lay down a procedure for environmental  monitoring of air. SCOPE  :This SOP shall provide the procedure for monitoring the viable air borne count . RESPONSIBILITY :Microbiologist ACCOUNTABILITY Manager QC/QA PROCEDURE  The microbial environmental conditions  shall be monitored as per defined frequency and …

Read More »

DESIGN QUALIFICATION (DQ) of Blister Packing Machine (BQS)

DESIGN QUALIFICATION (DQ) of Blister Packing Machine (BQS) TABLE OF CONTENT Objective Scope Responsibility Machine description Technical specification Technical specifications and make of sub-components/ bought out items. Details of Utilities Identification of components for calibration Material of construction of all components Safety features and alarms FAT procedure Change control procedure …

Read More »

PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION PROTOCOL OF PURE NITROGEN

PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION PROTOCOL Pure nitrogen is obtained by removing oxygen from air in two stages. Oil free compressed air is first dehumidified (anhydrous alumina is the desiccant) and is passed through a 0.01 micron filter and then column of Carbon Molecular Sieve (CMS) where oxygen is adsorbed from this column. …

Read More »

Pass Box for Clean room and it validaton

Pass Box for Clean room and it validation Definitions of Pass Box: Pass Box is specifically designed that aids in the material transfer without much personnel movement in clean rooms and also work like a barrier between classified and unclassified area.two types of pass box is used in pharmaceutical industry that …

Read More »

Reynolds number and its importance in water system

Reynolds number and its importance in water system Purified water is the most used ingredient in pharmaceutical industries its used directly for the drug manufacturing process and also used for equipment’s cleaning. Purified water and Purified water generation and distribution system is one of the most important and critical part of a pharmaceutical facility and …

Read More »

Procedure for calibration of balance XS 204 DR.

  To lay down a procedure for calibration of Weighing Balance XS – 204 DR SCOPE This Standard Calibration Procedure (SOP) is applicable in quality control area. RESPONSIBILITY Quality Control Officer/ Executive ACCOUNTABILITY Head –Quality Assurance PROCEDURE PRE STARTUP Check the cleaning of the weighing balance especially pan & display …

Read More »

Factory Acceptance Test of Automatic Capsule Filling Machine

Factory Acceptance Test of Automatic Capsule Filling Machine Table of Contents System Information Protocol Details Protocol Approval from Customer Objective of this protocol Scope of this Protocol Definition of FAT and SAT Acceptance Criteria Responsibility Customer Requirements Performance Check Points & Testing Machine Sr. number details AF T Lab Factory …

Read More »

Human interventions in aseptic processing

Human interventions in aseptic processing It is appropriate to focus on human interventions performed during aseptic processing because no other factor has the same potential for introducing contamination. Sterilization processes, environmental sanitization, room design, and heating and ventilation systems are all substantially less significant as sources of contamination. Personnel continuously shed microorganisms and particles to …

Read More »

Non-sterile process validation as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937

Non-sterile process validation as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937 1. Principle 2. Scope 3. General 4. Prospective validation 5. Concurrent validation 6. Retrospective validation 7. Revalidation 8. Change control Principle Process validation provides documented evidence that a process is capable of reliably and repeatedly rendering a product of the …

Read More »

Analytical method validation as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937

Analytical method validation as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937 Principle General Pharmacopoeial methods Non-pharmacopoeial methods Method validation Characteristics of analytical procedures Principle This appendix presents some information on the characteristics that should be considered during validation of analytical methods. Approaches other than those specified in this appendix may be followed …

Read More »

Cleaning validation protocols and reports as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937

Cleaning validation protocols Cleaning validation should be described in cleaning validation protocols,which should be formally approved, e.g. by the quality control or quality assurance unit. In preparing the cleaning validation protocol, the following should be considered: — disassembly of system — precleaning — cleaning agent, concentration, solution volume, water quality — time …

Read More »

Qualification as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937

Qualification as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937 Qualification should be completed before process validation is performed. The process of qualification should be a logical, systematic process and should start from the design phase of the premises, equipment, utilities and equipment. Depending on the function and operation of the equipment, utility or …

Read More »

Validation as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937

Validation as per WHO Technical Report Series, No. 937 Approaches to validation Two basic approaches to validation — First is based on evidence obtained through testing (prospective and concurrent validation), and  Second is based on the analysis of accumulated (historical) data (retrospective validation). Whenever possible, prospective validation is preferred. Retrospective validation is no …

Read More »

Question and Answer on Cleaning validation in Pharmaceutical Industry

Question 1. What Is Cleaning Validation? Answer:   To evaluate the capability of cleaning procedure  in removing the drug residue and microbiological bio burden on equipment within established acceptance criteria, through the validation of cleaning procedures. To establish sufficient documented evidence to assure that, cleaning procedures can repeatedly and reproducibly remove …

Read More »

Stability Testing of New Drug Products ( Q1A(R2))

Stability Testing of New Drug Products ( Q1A(R2)) The design of the formal stability studies for the drug product should be based on knowledge of the behavior and properties of the drug substance, results from stability studies on the drug substance, and experience gained from clinical formulation studies. The changes on storage and …

Read More »

GLOSSARY AS PER STABILITY TESTING ICH GUIDELINE (Q1A(R2))

GLOSSARY AS PER STABILITY TESTING ICH GUIDELINE (Q1A(R2)) Accelerated testing: Studies designed to increase the rate of chemical degradation or physical change of a drug substance or drug product by using exaggerated storage conditions as part of the formal stability studies. Bracketing: The design of a stability schedule such that only samples …

Read More »

VALIDATION OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES: METHODOLOGY

VALIDATION OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES: METHODOLOGY INTRODUCTION This guideline is complementary to the parent guideline which presents a discussion of the characteristics that should be considered during the validation of analytical procedures. Its purpose is to provide some guidance and recommendations on how to consider the various validation characteristics for each analytical procedure. In …

Read More »

VALIDATION OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES (DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY)

VALIDATION OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES (DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY) 1. INTRODUCTION This document presents a discussion of the characteristics for consideration during the validation of the analytical procedures included as part of registration applications submitted within the EC, Japan and USA. This document does not necessarily seek to cover the testing that may be required …

Read More »

GLOSSARY – Validation of Analytical Procedures

GLOSSARY – Validation of Analytical Procedures 1. Analytical Procedure: The analytical procedure refers to the way of performing the analysis. It should describe in detail the steps necessary to perform each analytical test. This may include but is not limited to: the sample, the reference standard and the reagents preparations, use of …

Read More »