QA & QC Flashcards

1
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Product-oriented, reactive
Part of GMP concerned with
1. Sampling
2. Inspection
3. Analysis (specifications)
4. Documentation
5. Release procedures
6. Inspection control
7. Environmental monitoring
8. Stock control
Defect IDENTIFICATION

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Quality Control

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Process-oriented, pro-active
1. Prepare SOPs
2. Inventory control
✓ FIFO
✓ Audit
3. Monitoring
Defect PREVENTION

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Quality Assurance

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According to NATURE Defects

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  1. Ocular
  2. Internal
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According to MEASURABILITY Defects

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  1. Variable
  2. Attribute
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According to MAGNITUDE Defects

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  1. Critical
  2. Major
  3. Minor
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Part of validation that involves PROVING that any premises, systems and equipment WORK CORRECTLY and lead to expected result

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Qualifications

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CLOSENESS of results to the TRUE value

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Accuracy

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Degree of AGREEMENT among individual
test results

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Precision

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9
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Contaminant in HANDCREAM

KLEP your HANDS

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Contaminant in TalCum powder

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Clostridium tetani

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Contaminant in EYEdrops or ointments

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Pseudomonas EYEruginosa

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12
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Contaminant in Mouthwashes

E mouth to mouth

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E.coli

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13
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Contaminant in IV fluids

PEE

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Erwinia
Enterobacter

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14
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Adventitious agents found to be possible contaminants of biological products

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Bacteria, Fungi, Viruses

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15
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What animal assay use?

Insulin (RABBInsulin)
Tubocurarine (TubocuRABBIT)
Fe Dextran (DexRAN)
**Pyrogen Test

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Rabbit

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16
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What animal assay use?

Safety of Biologicals

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Guinea Pig

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17
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What animal assay use?
Safety & Toxicity test
(plastic tubings, elastumeric plastic)

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Mouse

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18
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What animal assay use?

Digitalis (PIGEtalis)

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Pigeon

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19
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What animal assay use?

Atropine (CATropine)
Glucagon (GluCATgon)

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Cat

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20
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What animal assay use?

Heparin or Protamine SO4
(SHEEParin) (Protamine SHEEPate)

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Sheep

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21
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What animal assay use?

Parathyroid Hormone (ParaDOG)

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Dog

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22
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Stokes-Monsanto (spring) hardness tester

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Hardness

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23
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loss of drug during shipment

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Friability

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24
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*To ensure drug potency
*Tablet dose
o USP 29: 50mg or less
o Revised, 2016: 25 mg or less
*Sample size:
o10 tablets (Limit: 85-115%)
o If not complied, add 20 tablets
(Limit: 75-125%)

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Content Uniformity

Con10 UniForEity

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25
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What TEST?

*Amount of drug DISSOLUTION in body fluids
*Rate limiting step of ABSORPTION
* Temp: 37 ± 0.5°C

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Dissolution Test

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26
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What TEST?

*Time required to RELEASE AI from dosage form
Temp: 37 ± 2°C

Disin2gration

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Disintegration Test

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27
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container to product

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LeaChing

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28
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product to container

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SorPtion

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29
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Highly resistant BOROSILICATE glass
✓ Least reactive glass
✓ Composition: SiO2, BORIC oxide (reduces LEACHING)
✓ Chemically resistant glass (against acid, bases and other solvents)
✓ Has high MELTING POINT (withstand high
temp)
✓ Most common Water for Injection
✓ Unbuffered solutions

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Powdered Glass Test (Type I)

30
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TREATED (SULFURATION) soda lime glass
✓ Composition:
✓ Relatively high Na2O and CaO, but lower than type III = not chemically resistant
✓ Melts at lower temp than type I
✓ Buffered solutions

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Water Attack Test (Type II)

31
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SODALIME glass
✓ Relatively high Na2O and CaO
✓ Melts at lower temp than type I
✓ (MOST COMMON)

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Powdered Glass Test (Type III)

32
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General Purpose Soda Lime Glass
NP
Chemical durability and heat shock not a factor

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Powdered Glass Test (Type IV)

33
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PLASTIC CONTAINERS

◼ Non-autoclavable
◼ Droppers, solid oral preparation container

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Polyethylene

34
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PLASTIC CONTAINERS

◼ Autoclavable

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Polypropylene

35
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PLASTIC CONTAINERS

◼ Transparent
◼ Lustrous
◼ For beverages

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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

36
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PLASTIC CONTAINERS

◼ Rigid
◼ Good clarity
◼ Blister packaging

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Polyvinylchloride (PVC)

37
Q

Errors in estimating expiration date (ED)

Setting the ED too EARLY

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Alpha error

38
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Errors in estimating expiration date (ED)

Setting the ED too LATE

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Beta-error

39
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measures the AMOUNT ( % content) of the component present in a given sample

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Quantitative analysis

40
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Determines what is present in the
sample (COMPOSITION and IDENTITY)

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Qualitative analysis

41
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  • TOTAL class of the plant constituents
  • Example: Alkaloids, glycosides
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Proximate analysis

42
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  • SPECIFIC constituent
  • Example: Atropine, Digoxin
A

Ultimate analysis

43
Q

Aka titration

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Volumetric analysis

44
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Number of moles of solute per LITER of solution

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Molarity (M)

45
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Number of gram or mole EQUIVALENT weights of solute per liter of solution

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Normality (N)

46
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Number of moles of solute per KILOGRAM of solvent

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Molality (m)

47
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Solution of KNOWN concentration and volume

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Titrant

48
Q
  • Aka titrand
  • Solution of UNKWNOWN concentration, but KNOWN volume
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Analyte

49
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  • Substance that changes color indicating the endpoint
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Indicator

50
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  • mg or g of analyte that is chemically equivalent to 1mL of the titrant
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Titer

51
Q

wash down drops of standard solution clinging to the tip of the burette:

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Wash bottle

52
Q

Best for cleaning glass apparatus:

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Sodium chromate in H2SO4

53
Q

CHANGE IN VALENCE of the reacting substances

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Reduction-oxidation

54
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*INDIRECT titration
*OXIDIZING agents
*Endpoint: DISAPPEARANCE of blue color
(blue -> colorless)

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IodOmetry

55
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*DIRECT titration
*REDUCING agents
*Endpoint: APPEARANCE of blue color
(colorless -> blue)

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Iodimetry

56
Q

What is the acid necessary for permanganate titrations

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Sulfuric acid

57
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LAWS OF SPECTROSCOPY

Transmittance vs Concentration
(Inversely Proportional) Inc. T = Dec. Conc.

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Beer’s Law

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LAWS OF SPECTROSCOPY

Transmittance vs Thickness (viscosity)
(Inversely Proportional) Inc. T = Dec. Thick

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Lambert’s / Bouguer’s Law

malaki TT ni Lambert

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LAWS OF SPECTROSCOPY

Transmittance vs Absorbance
Absorbance vs path length, and concentration
(Inversely Proportional Inc. T = Dec. Absorbance

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Beer-Lambert’s or Beer-Bouguer’s Law

60
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TYPES OF SPECTROSCOPY
* Power of TRANSMITTED light
* Chloramphenicol assay: E.coli
* Pen G assay: Staph. aureus
* Assay of ANTIBIOTICS

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Turbidimetry***

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TYPES OF SPECTROSCOPY
* power of REFLECTED light
* For SUSPENSION

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Nephelometry

62
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TYPES OF SPECTROSCOPY
* For FLUORESCENTcompounds
* Assay of Vitamin B1and B2
* VISIBLE region

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Fluorometry

63
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TYPES OF SPECTROSCOPY
* FUNCTIONAL GROUP determination

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IR Spectroscopy

64
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LAWS OF SPECTROSCOPY
* FES: Na and K
* AAS (more sensitive): TRACE MINERALS

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Flame Emission Spectroscopy (FES) and
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS)

65
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Law of Refraction:

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Snell’s Law

66
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process of converting an optically active (d- or /-) compound into the racemic modification.

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Racemization

67
Q

N-containing substances
= protein analysis (milk)

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Kjeldahl method

68
Q

S-containing substances
(sulfonamides)
*aromatic cmpds. with amino group

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Diazotization method

69
Q
  • Aka Titrimetric method (1a, 1b, 1c)
  • 1° standard = sodium tartrate
  • Reagents:
    o Pyridine
    o Iodine
    o Methanol
    o SO2
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Method 1 Karl Fischer Method

70
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  • Solvent: XYLENE or TOLUENE
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Method 2 Distillation or Azeotropic method

71
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For CRUDE drugs

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Method 3: Gravimetric Method