QUALITY CONTROL Flashcards
COMBINATION OF ATTRIBUTES which when compared to a standard, serves as a BASIS for measuring the uniformity of a product and determines its degree of acceptability.
QUALITY
as applied to a drug product has been defined as the SUM OF ALL FACTORS which contribute directly or indirectly to the safety, effectiveness, and reliability of the product.
QUALITY
3 MAJOR ELEMENTS considered in quality
FUNCTIONAL
AESTHETIC
TECHNOLOGICAL
– the product meets CONSUMER’S SPECS in point of use. (SAFE & EFFECTIVE as to therapeutic action).
FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT
– the product possesses an ATTRACTIVE DESIGN
AESTHETIC ELEMENT
– the product CAN WITHSTAND SURROUNDING CONDITIONS
TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
– As the SOLE CRITERION for quality, the product should be WITHIN ITS PRESCRIBE LIMITS OR SEPCIFICATIONS.
CONFORMANCE
– it takes into consideration the DESIGN OR PURPOSE for which the product is made
FITNESS FOR USE
– it is the PROBABILITY that the product WILL PERFORM ITS INTENDED FUNCTION or
mission in the specified environment for a prescribed length of time. Thus, a quality product SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE DURING THE VALIDITY OF ITS LIFE.
RELIABILITY
– a quality product should have MINIMAL OR NO DEFECTS that will result to a high degree of acceptable units produced.
YIELD
– achieving CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE as a primary objective requires the product to be considered safe, pure and effective. Quality generates REPEATED SALES because the product meets the patient’s needs.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
tool which gives the ASSURANCE that a product CONFORMS TO STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS through a system of inspection, analysis and action
QUALITY CONTROL
the activity of providing to all concerned, the EVIDENCE NEEDED TO ESTABLISH CONFIDENCE that the activities relating to quality are being PERFORMED ADEQUATELY.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
is an overall organizational body which aims to GENERATE SUSTAINED CONFIDENCE that the systems of quality control, good manufacturing processes, and environmental control are in place while embracing the principles of Total Quality Management
(TQM).
QUALITY ASSURANCE
MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES
PLANNIC
LEADING
ORGANIZING
CONTROLLING
one of which involves MONETARY EXPENDITURES AND PROFITS to be gained. It is value-creating and developed to PROTECT COMPANY ASSETS. The company sets a FINANCIAL TARGET or output for the fiscal year and compares current performance against previous and/or projected achievements.
FINANCIAL PLAN
a broad program for DEFINING AND ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES of the
organization. It is the organization’s RESPONSE TO ITS ENVIRONMENT over a period of time.
STRATEGY
the design established to MEET the organizations BROAD GOALS. It involves implementation of both financial and operational plans.
STRATEGIC PLAN
a SCHEME that PROVIDES DETAILS needed to incorporate organizational strategy into DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
OPERATIONAL PLAN
CGMP
CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES
– is responsible for the DAY-TO-DAY CONTROL OF QUALITY within the company.
Inspection and laboratory testing as well as documentation are integral elements of its function.
QUALITY CONTROL
REVIEWING BODY
COMMITTEE OF REVISION
FOUR CATEGORIES OF CONTROL FUNCTION
ANALYSIS
MONITOR
RECORD REVIEW AND RELEASE
AUDIT FUNCTION
MONITOR AND AUDIT FUNCTIONS are the major keys to determining compliance to standards within the quality system. Compliance ensures that the company’s strategic plans are being implemented.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
ensures that the company’s strategic plans are being implemented
COMPLIANCE
Components such as raw and packaging materials, pharmaceutical products as well as the processes and the environment where they are produced are evaluated by means of pharmacopeial, in-house or regulatory requirements.
DRUG STANDARS
Standards which consist of specifications and procedures for PHARMACOPEIAL SUBSTANCES and finished products are found in published monographs. Commonly used compendia are the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and National Formulary (NF), British Pharmacopeia (BP), European Pharmacopeia (EP), Japanese Pharmacopeia (JP), and the Philippine Pharmacopeia (PP). Critical parameters which affect the quality of the substances are found in the monographs. Examples are identity, some physical tests, purity tests, alcohol content and assay
PHARMACOPEIAL STANDARDS
USP/NF
UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA AND NATIONAL FORMULARY
are UNOFFICIAL STANDARDS generated internally by the
manufacturer or user company for CONTROL PURPOSES. Pharmacopeial requirements allow flexibility of some other criteria which affect the quality of the finished product due to difference in formulation ingredients, manufacturing techniques and equipments. Thus, appearance of finished product, physical characteristics of the dosage form vary from one manufacturer to another. Additional criteria are included as mandatory in-house tests to satisfy the needs of good manufacturing practices. An example would be the need for determination of particle size of a raw material to control variability of suspended materials.
IN-HOUSE STANDARDS
allow FLEXIBILITY of some other criteria which affect the quality of the finished product due to difference in formulation ingredients, manufacturing techniques and equipments.
PHARMACOPEIAL REQUIREMENTS
are those MANDATED BY THE REGULATORY AGENCY such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These are required for registration purposes and regulatory compliance. An example is the comparative and multipoint dissolution test for products. When the dissolution profile of a generic drug in several dissolution media is similar to the innovator drug, the generic drug is considered by the FDA to have the same bioavailability as the innovator drug.
Other regulatory standards are those issued by the World Health Organization
(WHO), the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) and the
International Conference on Harmonization (ICH).
REGULATORY STANDARDS
FDA
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
WHO
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
US FDA
UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
ICH
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HARMONIZATION
Quality characteristics are interpreted by
DESCRIPTIVE WORDS AND MEASUREMENTS
a BASIS for ACCEPTING or REJECTING a product
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
This is CONCISE AND PRECISE STATEMENT of the ingredients that comprise the product, together with the percentage and/or weight of each.
FORMULA
This should ENUMERATE the characteristics of all the materials that go into the product and the permissible RANGE OF PURITY of each ingredient. Deviation beyond this range may be expected to cause failure of the product to function as planned or, at least, result in an undesirable lack of uniformity.
RAW MATERIAL SPECIFICATION
This is the STEP-BY-STEP METHOD on how to go about an activity or job. It must spell out all information and instructions that assure that variations in production from day to day and week to week will be held to within ACCEPTABLE ESTABLISHED RANGES.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
This should COVER ALL CHARACTERISTICS that AFFECT THE PROPER PERFORMANCE, purity, safety and stability of the product. Tolerances may be minimum, maximum, or both, depending on the situation.
FINISHED PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
This should be set for EVERYTHING THAT GOES AROUND THE PRODUCT: i.e., bottles, cans, aluminum foil, cellophane, jars, caps, or cap liners, labels, package inserts, cartoons, wrapping paper, and shipping case.
PACKAGING MATERIAL/COMPONENTS
These are procedures which are STANDARDIZED AND OR VALIDATED so that they yield a result of comparable precision, accuracy or specificity and linearity.
TEST METHODS
GMP
GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES
ISO
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION
has developed INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS for worldwide trading or participation to global economy
ISO
WHERE IS ISO
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
ISO SERIES OF STANDARDS
9000 - 9004
Quality Management and Quality Assurance Standards – GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION AND USE (To determine which standard applies to the specific organization). The focus is how the management system ASSURES QUALITY OF PARTS AND SERVICES a company produces.
ISO 9000
Quality Systems – Model for Quality Assurance in DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, INSTALLATION AND SERVICING (For companies engaged in MANUFACTURING or in the development and delivery of a service).
ISO 9001
Quality Systems – Model for Quality Assurance in PRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION (For companies that perform all functions EXCEPT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT of products and services).
ISO 9002
Quality Systems – Model for Quality Assurance in FINAL INSPECTION AND TEST (For NON-MANUFACTURING companies such as distributor or warehousing operations).
ISO 9003
Quality Management and Quality System Element – Guideline (To help interpret ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and ISO 9003).
ISO 9004