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Corrective And Preventative Actions (CAPA) and Out Of Specification Investigations (OOS) (for pharmaceutical products)

 
  September 01, 2009  
     
 
Pharma Training Services, Window Conference Venue
2009-12-14


Course Programme:

Agenda for Day 1

CAPA in the Pharmaceutical Products Industry

08.30-08.45

Registration

08.45-09.00

 

09.00-09.45

 

 

 

09.45-10:45

Introductions and Outline of Agenda – CAPA is the first part of Process/ GMP CAPAbility

Basic understanding of CAPAs         

  • Correction, Corrective Action and Preventive Action
  • Correction and long term CAPAs
  • Where/when are CAPAs required?
  • FDA / 21CFR requirements for CAPAs and CAPA management (21CFR Part 820.100)
  • European GMP Guidelines and CAPA

 Common misconceptions about CAPAs         

  • Why are CAPAs necessary?
  • Common problems and misconceptions about CAPAs
  • CAPAs and Risk Assessment
  • Root cause analysis techniques (KT; FMEA; Fishbone; 5 Whys; etc)

10:45-11:00

Coffee/Tea Break

11:00-11:45

 

 11.45-12.30

Workshops:

1.          Sources of data (trending, etc)

2.          Classification of the Severity of the deviation or incident

 Principles of Critical Deviation Management (CDM)  

  • Using CAPAs only for CRITICAL deviations
  • Management and trending of non-critical deviations
  • Trends leading to Preventive Action

12:30-13.30

Lunch

13.30-14.00

 

14.00-15.00

FDA inspection of CAPA sub-system (from FDA QSIT guide)    

  • How FDA/regulatory inspectors will investigate your CAPA system

 

Workshops:

3.          Practical management of CDM

4.          CAPAs from complaints / returns / recalls

15:00-15:15

Coffee/Tea Break

15:15-16.00

 

16.00-16:45

How to Avoid Too Many CAPAs

  • Applications of Risk Assessment
  • Application of CDM

Responsibilities for Tracking and Close Out of CAPAs    

Documentation (CAPA SOP and CAPA control form)

  • Implementation
  • Dissemination
  • Review
  • Pitfalls

16:45-17:00

Open Forum

  • Discussion of CAPA so far

 

 Agenda for Day 2

Investigation of Out of Specification Results

08.30-09.15

 09.15-09.25

 

09.25-09:50

 

 

 

09.50-10.30

Workshop:

5.          Design a CAPA control form

 Linking CAPAs to OOS results            

  • Why are they connected?
  • What is the connection?

What is an “Out of Specification” (OOS) Result?       

  • Definition of OOS
  • Common Misconceptions
  • The role of the QC Laboratory
  • The role of Quality Assurance
  • Stability trials / Field Alert Reports

CASE STUDIES

  • Production instrumentation
  • Laboratory non-conformances

10:30-10:45

Coffee/Tea Break

10:45-11:15

 

 

11.15-11.45

 

11.45-12.30

How to Investigate an OOS Result                   

  • Phase 1 – Laboratory Investigations
  • Responsibilities of the Analyst
  • Responsibilities of the Laboratory Supervisor / Investigator
  • Structured Laboratory Investigation
  • Plan – Review – Plan – Review – etc.

Workshop – Control of Laboratory Investigations

6.   Design a procedure/record for Laboratory Investigations

  •  
    • Crucial elements
    • Nice to Have elements

Investigating a Confirmed OOS Result          

  • Review of production records
  • Sample integrity and Resampling
  • Additional Lab work (information gathering)
  • Hypothesise – Plan – Review – (Hypothesise – Plan – Review)
  • Reporting Test Results

Avoiding the accusation of “Testing into Spec”

12:30-13.30

Lunch

 

13.30-14.15

 

 14.15-14.45

 

 

 14.45-15.15

Workshop – Control of Full Scale OOS Investigation

            7.   Design a procedure/record for full scale OOS Investigations

  •  
    • Crucial elements
    • Nice to Have elements

Averaging, Outliers and Out of Precision       

  • Assessment of Out of Precision replicates
  • When is averaging allowed?
  • When is averaging not allowed?
  • Use of the Outlier test

Workshop

            8.    Use of retesting, resampling and “additional information”

15:15-15:30

Coffee/Tea Break

15.30-16.00

 

 

 16.00-16.20

 

Concluding and Closing Out OOS Results      

  • Interpreting results
  • Data Review (contemporary and retrospective)
  • The contribution of CAPA
  • Cautions and Cautionary Tales

Conclusions:                       (Summing Up)

  • Summary of Principles and Practıce of CAPA
  • Key Messages from CAPA
  • Summary of Control of Laboratory Investigations
  • Summary of Control of Expanded Investigations
  • Key Messages from Laboratory/OOS Investigations

16:20-16:45

Questions and Answers

Close of course

Delegates will also receive sample copies of forms:

  • Investigation of Quality Incident /Nonconformity
  • Corrective and Preventive Action - CAPA Tracker

Copy of FDA Final Guidance Document (for Day 2)

 
 
Organized by: PharmaTraining Services
Invited Speakers: TBA
 
Deadline for Abstracts: N/A
 
Registration: Register online at course website.
E-mail: judy@pharmatrainingservices.com
 
   
 
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