QA/QC Flashcards

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QA provides evidence needed for the establishment of the qaulity of the product. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

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What is qaulity assurance?

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In the pharmaceutical industry QA makes sure that final product is safe, efficacious and of good qaulity to GMP standards

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What is quality control?

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testing of the product, checks on the identity, stength, stability and purity of final product to BP specifications

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4
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Name what is involved in the GMP?

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  • Processes
  • Training
  • Record keeping
  • Equipments
  • Materials
  • Procedures
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5
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Name some QC aspects?

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QC is what the customers require

  • Maintainability
  • REliability
  • Safety
  • Inspections
  • Feedback
  • complaints
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6
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Is QC part of GMP?

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Yes

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7
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Name some of QC GMP?

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  • Testing
  • specifications
  • Record keeping
  • sampling
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What are some of the questions asked in pharmaceutical analysis?

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  • Presence of impurities
  • Right drug
  • Bioavailability
  • Stability - shelf life
  • Does it meet specifications
  • Biology
  • Pka partition coefficient, solubility
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9
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What are the QC of analytical methods?

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  • Assay measurements for all procedures
  • Control of errors
  • Validation of analytical procedures
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10
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Why does QC need to be done right?

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  • Regulations - GMP
  • Stasticical sampling is crucial
  • Consequence of bad batches
  • Consequences of poor analysis
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11
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What are the causes of errors in QC measurements?

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  • Incorrect weighing and transfer
  • Measurement volume is incorrect
  • Improperly calibrated equipments
  • Failure to use blank
  • Inefficienr extraction of analyte
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12
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With accuracy and precision. one can make systematic and random errors. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

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13
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Name tests done for validation?

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  • Identification tests
  • Impurities: quantitative and limit tests
  • Quantitative tests of meoity
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14
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What is precision?

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-The closeness in agreement between a series of measurements

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15
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What is precision usulaly expressed as?

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  • Standard deviation
  • Variance
  • Coeffcient of variation of a series of measurements
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16
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What is repeatability and what is it also known as?

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Is the precision obtained under the same conditions over a short time intervals
Intra assay precision

17
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What is intermediate precision?

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Precison within laboratory variations

18
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What is reproducibility?

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between laboratories

19
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What does SOP stand for?

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standard operating procedure

20
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Systemic errors cannot be elimiated. TRUE OR FALSE?

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FALSE

21
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True random errors cannot be eliminated completely. TRYE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

22
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What are the 4 Qs for system suitability and describe each?

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  • Design qaulitfication - fit for purpose?
  • Installation - are manufacturing claims correct
  • operational - does it work for analyst application
  • Performance - does it continue to perform to standards?
23
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What is an analytical blank?

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-All materials apart from analyte

24
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What is calibration?

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pre-set values under strict conditions

25
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What is limit detection, quantification?

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  • limit detection - is the smallest amount that can be detected reliably
  • Limit qauntification - smallest amount that can be qauntified reliably
26
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What is range and linearity?

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  • Range - limit between which acceptable precision and accurancy
  • Linearity - is the measurement of concntration or qauntity
27
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What is robustness and selectivity and sensitivity?

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  • Robsuteness - resistance of precision and accuracy over small variations
  • Selectivity - measure analyte in the presence of other compounds
  • Sensitivity - Response to small change in analyte
28
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What are the advantages of using UV/VIS spectroscopy?

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  • Cheap and easy to use
  • Provides information of the physico-chemical preoperties of the drug
  • Good precision for quantification
29
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What are the specific isues with UV/VIS spectroscopy?

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  • No fingerprint region
  • Solvent choice is crucial
  • Sensitive to hcnages in pH and temperature
30
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What is absorptivity?

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-How much specific wavelength a specific amount of molecule absorb

31
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What are the units of a?

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Conc is g/L / cm-1 g-1 L

32
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What is hypothetical value?

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-The absorbance that 1% would have if when in 1cm cell

33
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What is the equation of a accoring to beers law?

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a= (1%,1cm)/10

34
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IR is qualitative fingerprint. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

35
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NR is quantitative mixtures. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

36
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IR AND NIR and vibrational spectroscopy. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

37
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What are the positives and negative of NIR spectroscopy?

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+ pentrates into material
+Rapid analysis of multicomponent samples

  • Extensive computerised methods
  • Expensive instruments
38
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What is atomic spectrophotometry and fluorenscence spectroscopy?

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atomic spectrophotometry - detects emitted light

fluorenscence spectroscopy - measure emission at longer wavelengths

39
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of fluorenscence spectroscopy?

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+Selective
+quantitative
+changes in complex molecules

  • Not all molecules are fluorescent
  • interference is possible