Responsibilities of quality assurance department

Responsibilities of quality assurance department


1.      OBJECTIVE

 

To lay down a procedure on responsibilities of Quality Assurance department.

 

2.      SCOPE

 

This procedure applies to define key responsibilities of Quality Assurance department personnel

 3.      RESPONSIBILITY

3.1.  All QA Personnel responsible to comply the procedure.

 4.      PROCEDURE

4.1.  General Responsibilities:

 

4.1.1.      The Quality Assurance department (QA) is responsible for the design, development, qualification, implementation, evaluation, control, requalification, approval and disposal of the complete manufacturing process at any stage(s) of  facility and equipment compliance, material compliance, process compliance, personnel compliance and product compliance, with respect to market and regulatory. The key functional areas are:

 

4.1.1.1.      Organization and Personnel

 

4.1.1.2.      Building and Facilities

 

4.1.1.3.      Equipments

 

4.1.1.4.      Control of Components and Drug product containers and closures

 

4.1.1.5.      Production and Process control

 

4.1.1.6.      Packaging and Labelling Control.

 

4.1.1.7.      Holding and Distribution.

 

4.1.1.8.      Laboratory controls.

 

4.1.1.9.      Records and Reports.

 

4.1.1.10.  Returned and Salvaged drug products

 

4.1.2.      QA shall be responsible to formulate systems for the implementation of cGMP and to ensure the preparation, approval and implementation of Standard Operating  Procedures, Standard Cleaning Procedures, Specifications, Standard Test Procedures, Validation Protocols, Stability Protocols, Master Batch Production Records, General Test Procedures etc.,

 

4.1.3.      The systems which shall be under the preview of QA are:

 

 

4.1.3.1.      Document Management System

 

4.1.3.2.      Change Control System

 

4.1.3.3.      Deviation Reporting and Failure Investigation 

                              

4.1.3.4.      Qualification / Validation of facility, equipments and Systems.                 

 

4.1.3.5.      Vendor Qualification          

 

4.1.3.6.      Batch Release for market

 

4.1.3.7.      Annual Product Quality Review

 

4.1.3.8.      Internal Audit System

 

4.1.3.9.      cGMP Training & on Job Trainings

 

4.1.3.10.  Product Complaint and Recall Management System


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