TEMPLATE FOR PERFORMACE QUALIFICATION PROTOCOL

TEMPLATE FOR PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION PROTOCOL

CONTENTS

Topic No. Topic
Protocol Preparation and Approval
1.0 Objective
2.0 Scope
3.0 Responsibility
4.0 Abbreviations & Definitions
5.0 Brief Description of Equipment
6.0 Pre-requisites
7.0 Validation Procedure
8.0 Recording/ Data compilation
9.0 Deviations and Investigations
10.0       Qualification/ Validation Report Preparation
11.0       Re-validation/Re-qualification of Equipment
12.0       Reference

TEMPLATE FOR PERFORMACE QUALIFICATION PROTOCOL

                                    Protocol Preparation and Approval

 

OBJECTIVE

To describe the Performance Qualification procedure to be used during qualification of NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT system in order to:

ensure the system reproducibility over an appropriate time period as per user requirement specifications No.

Ensure that the system is showing consistency in producing Product of pre-established specifications.

SCOPE

This procedure applies to the Performance Qualification of NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT installed in pharmaceutical Company Name with Location.

RESPONSIBILITY

Validation team shall be responsible for the preparation and checking of the Performance Qualification/Validation protocol.

Head-Production, Head-Quality Control & Head-Quality Assurance shall be responsible for the approval of Performance Qualification protocol.

Head -Quality Control shall be responsible for facilitating analysis of samples,evaluations of the test results.

Production Department shall be responsible for compilation of validation data.

Head -Quality Assurance shall be responsible for approval of the Performance Qualification Report and certification after successful qualification of Equipment. 

ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

PQ:      Performance Qualification; documented verification that the integrated system or subsystem functions as intended, in its normal operating environment.

DQ:     Design Qualification.

IQ:       Installation Qualification.

OQ:     Operational Qualification

Validation Team:Trained representatives from Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Engineering and Production departments participating in validation. For NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT, the validation team members shall enlist their names & signatures.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT : 

Equipment ID No.
Name of the Supplier
Capacity
Location

PRE-REQUISITES

Before validating the NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT following should be ensured:

Successful completion of Operational Qualification of NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT – as per Protocol.

Availability of Test Protocols

Availability of following SOP(s)

Operation of NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT, SOP No

Cleaning of NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT, SOP No

VALIDATION PROCEDURE

Performance of the NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT shall be checked by carrying out ‘3’ batches of ‘1’ product as per their respective BMR.

Following are the critical process and quality parameters shall be noted down during the execution of the batches.

Sampling plan shall be as per the first three Process validation protocol. 

RECORDING/ DATA COMPILATION

During validation study the Data from each phase shall be compiled by Validation Team.

DEVIATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS

In case there is any deviation followed during any stage of validation, corrective action shall be    taken after proper investigation. Deviations shall be recorded in Annexure-.

QUALIFICATION/ VALIDATION REPORT PREPARATION

After completion of validation, a report shall be prepared by the validation team members supported with tabulated data and statistical analysis (trending and graphical presentation of data if applicable). Performance Qualification Report shall include various components compiled in following sequence: (Note: The following components are attached as separate annexure.

Validation Report cover page

Index page for Validation Report

Approval Sheet

Name of validation team members

Parameter recording sheet

Deviations and Investigations, if any

Qualification Reports

Certification of completion of validation

RE-VALIDATION/ RE-QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

After completion of Performance qualification study, frequency of re-qualification or re-validation of NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT shall be fixed. Moreover the NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT shall invite revalidation as and when any major modification(s) is/ are done. Any change in NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT shall be executed through change control procedure as per SOP titled ‘Change Control’.

REFERENCES

User Requirement Specifications (Doc Number)

Design Qualification (Doc Number)

Installation Qualification (Doc Number).

Operational Qualification (Doc Number)

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