QA Flashcards

(109 cards)

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Total features or conformance to SPECIFICATIONs of a product

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Quality

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A list of detailed requirements with which a product has to conform (tests, references of procedures, and
acceptance criteria)

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Specifications

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Quality is everybody’s business

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Total Quality Management (TQM)

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Sum total of the organized activities made with the objective of ensuring that products are of quality required for
intended use

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Quality Assurance

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Part of QA which ensures that products are consistently produced & controlled to quality standards appropriate to intended use

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Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP)

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PIC/S

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Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme

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old cGMP

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AO 220 S. 1974

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Part of cGMP concerned with sampling. specification, testing, organization, documentation, and release procedures

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Quality Control

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“If it’s not written, It never happpened.”

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Documentation

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It is the linkage between written records of action taken and the quality operation

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Documentation

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Regular periodic quality review of all registered drug products to verify consistency of existing processes and to identify improvement

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Product Quality Review

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Systematic process for the assessment, control, communication, and review of risks to the quality of the product

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Quality Risk Management

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Combination of probability of the occurrence of harm and the severity of harm

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Risk

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Aim to improve its performance by learning about good practices through working at those process in other, better-performing organizations, building on evaluation of relevant performances in own and other organizations

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Benchmarking

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Portion of a batch

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Lot

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An organizational unit independent of Production which fulfills both QA and QC responsibilities

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Quality Unit

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A set of activities that ensures quality in the process by which the products are developed.

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Quality Assurance

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Specific amount produced in a unit time or according to a single manufacturing order during the same cycle of manufacture, sharing the same production conditions and date

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Batch

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A set of activities that ensures quality in the product

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Quality Control

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Aims to prevent defects in the process used to make the products.

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Quality Assurance

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Aims to identify and control defects in the finished product.

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Quality Control

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Audit and Monitoring

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Quality Assurance

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Primary contact with regulatory agency

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Quality Assurance

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Prepares SOPs

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Quality Assurance

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Conducts sampling and testing of RM and FP
Quality Control
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Inspects PM components
Quality Control
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Performs environmental monitoring
Quality Control
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Process-Oriented
Quality Assurance
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Product-Oriented
Quality Ciontrol
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Testing the quality of bulk ingredients and container
Raw Material QC
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Testing the quality of intermediate products (e.g. granules prior tablet compression)
In-process Material QC
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Testing the final dosage form in its container
Finished Product QC
33
Written standard published in compendium (USP/BP/Eur/PP) that describes an article
Monograph
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Step-by-step instruction for doing a particular task or activity
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
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Show the actual results of all tests conducted to show compliance with standards
Certificate of Analysis
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Describe the tests conducted on a particular material, along with the acceptable criteria, results, and disposition.
Certificate of Analysis
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Quality attributes approved by a regulatory body
Monograph
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Information on potential health effects of exposure and safe working procedures when handling
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
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Properties of a particular hazardous substance or chemical
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
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Process of removal of an appropriate number of items (n) from a population (N) in order to make an inference to the entire population
Sampling
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Most common military standard sampling plans (old)
MIL-STD-105E
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is a widely used standard for inspection by variables
MIL-STD-144
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Common acceptance sampling system used for inspection by attributes (New)
ANSI/ASQ ZI.4-2008
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Used for measurable characteristics
X-BAR chart
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Alerts the operator to closely monitor the process
Warning Limit
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Stop the process and do corrective actions
Actions or Control
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Non-Proportion, Number of defects
np-Chart
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Most used chart. Proportion or percent of defects; versatile
p-Chart
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Proving and documenting that any process, procedure, or method actually leads to the expected results.
Validation
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Proving that premises, systems, or equipment work correctly and actually lead to expected results.
Qualification
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Type of Data that is Continuous
Variable
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Type of Data that is Whole
Attribute
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The quality between supplier 1 and 2 are not the same
Material
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Some parts of the equipment are not well-maintained
Machine
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The working instruction is written in jargon
Method
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Overfatigue, lacking PPE
Man
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Non-conformance to a standard or requirement
Product Defects
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Graphs on which the quality of product is plotted as manufacturing is actually proceeding
Control Charts
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May endanger the life of patient and render the product non-functional
Critical Defect
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May affect the function of product and render it useless
Major Defect
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Defects in Neither, discoloration, labels
Minor Defect
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A defect measured by instrument
Variable Defect
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A defect by inspection (sense)
Attribute Defect
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A defect that is seen by the naked eye
Ocular Defect
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A defect that CANNOT be seen by the naked eye
Internal Defect
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Defect in which function is incorrect (MDI, dissol.)
Performance Defect
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Type of defect: The actuator of the MDI is stuck
Major Defect
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The type of defect: Metal Particles inside a parenteral vial
Clinical Defect
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Type of Defect: The sticker label was lighter in color when printed out
Minor Defect
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Type of Defect: Scratches on the amber bottle surface of an oral syrup
Minor Defect
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What class in product recall that is: Death or serious ADR
Class I
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A removal form market; either defective or potentially harmful
Product Recall
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What class in product recall that is: Temporary or medically reversible ADR
Class II
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What class in product recall that is: Not likely to cause any serious ADR
Class III
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It is the capacity of a drug to remain within specification
Stability
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What is the minimum acceptable potency of stability
90%
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Prevented by reduction/elimination of water from preparation
Hydrolysis
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Prevented by antioxidants
Oxidation
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Prevented by using light-resistant container
Photolysis
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Period of time during a product remains within specification
Shelf-Life
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Shelf-life is estimated using what equation?
Arrhenius equation
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Time or date prior to which product is expected to remain stable and after which it must not be used
Expiration Date
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Risk of rejecting a true null hypothesis
Alpha risk, type I error
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An inspection/test may indicate that a product or process is defective when it is actually acceptable.
Alpha risk, type I error
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Harms the company
Alpha risk, type I error
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Accepting a false null hypothesis
Beta risk, type II error
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An inspection/test may indicate that a product or process is acceptable when it is actually defective
Beta risk, type II error
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i can be reduced by increasing sample size or improving the accuracy of the measurement tool.
Beta risk, type II error
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Zone I
Temperate
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Zone II
Subtropical/Mediterranean
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Zone III
Hot and Dry
90
Zone IVa
Hot and Humid
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Zone IVb
Hot and very humid
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Temperature of Zone I
21 ± 2°C
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Temperature of Zone II
25 ± 2°C
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Temperature of Zone III, IVa, and IVb
30 ± 2°C
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Relative Humidity: Zone I
45 ± 5%
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Relative Humidity: Zone II
60 ± 5%
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Relative Humidity: Zone III
35 ± 5%
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Relative Humidity: Zone IVa
65 ± 5%
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Relative Humidity: Zone IVb
75 ± 5%
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Elucidates intrinsic stability of drug & identify the likely degradation products
Stress Testing
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Conducted under normal conditions
Long-term/Real Time Studies
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Follows Zero-order kinetics
Long-term/Real Time Studies
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Designed to increase rate of chemical degradation by using Exaggerated storage conditions
Short-Term/Accelerated Studies
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Follows First order kinetics
Short-Term/Accelerated Studies
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