Tuesday 20 December 2016

Procedure for good documentation practices

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PURPOSE
To Lay down procedure for practicing Good Documentation Practices in the company.
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SCOPE
This SOP is applicable to all departments.

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RESPONSIBILITY
Operating Staff
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ACCOUNTABILITY
All Department Head
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PROCEDURE

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The Master copies of all the documents viz. SOPs, Specifications & STPs, BPRs etc shall be controlled by the Quality Assurance department.

Design and Preparation of Documents:

The basic format (i.e. layout) of each document shall be kept intact, which shall be taken from the original annexure from the respective SOP. Each document shall be assigned a format number as per respective SOP.

The document shall be prepared in lucid and easy to understand language, wherever the photocopy of the original document is used, it shall be ensured that the photocopy is clear and the text is readable.

Each photocopy shall bear a ‘controlled copy’ stamp. Only controlled copy of any document shall be used for recording.

Recording and Review of documents:

Blue ball pen must be used by production and green pen used by QA persons when recording documents.

The Master copies of all the documents viz. SOPs, Specifications & STPs, BPRs, validation protocol, MFR etc shall be Signed by the only blue pen.

Information recorded should be legible i.e. easy to read.

Date should be recorded in the dot form of Day.Month.Year i.e.  01.04.2012.

Information should be recorded on the applicable forms of documents /records /                                                                                 logbooks, immediately after actions are completed.  Entries of signatures or initials and dates must be made at the same time.

Data shall be recorded first hand, directly into the respective document i.e. data shall be recorded concurrent to the activity performed. Postdated or backdated documentation shall be strictly not allowed. No data shall be written on scrap paper, rough paper or personal notebooks.

No space or column shall remain empty in the document. Wherever no recording is required, N/A (not            applicable) shall be mentioned on the respective column.

Correction of wrong entries

If a wrong entry of a data or observation in a document is made, it shall be corrected as follows:

The incorrect data shall be crossed by a single line so that the original entry / remark or sentence is legible.

The correct entry / remark or sentence shall be written just adjacent to original entry.

In no way, the data shall be changed by overwriting or by any other means.

The person making the corrections shall then sign with current date.

The person making re-entry (correct entry) shall ensure the consequences in any (or all) cross –referenced document and subsequently take necessary action.

If any error is noticed after elapse of time of the recording the data, this should be brought to the notice of functional authority

Scrap paper should not be used for the recording data and original   information always be entered directly
the applicable document.

Any document must never be post dated or back dated.

Corrective fluid (White ink) or erasable pens and gel pen should not be used to correct the original information. No corrections shall be allowed in already approved BMR/BPR/Formats/SOPs or validation protocols.

If corrections are required, this shall be done through change control procedure approved by Quality Assurance for changes in BMR/BPR/SOPs /Formats and Validation/Qualification protocols. Consequently, no adhoc or temporary changes are allowed.
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REFERENCES     
NIL

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ANNEXURES

Annexure No.
Title of Annexure
Format No.
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ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations
Full Forms
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
QA
Quality Assurance








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DISTRIBUTION
Master Copy
Head Quality Assurance Department

Controlled office Copy No. 1
Head Quality Assurance Deptt.

Controlled office Copy No. 2
Head Quality Control Deptt.

Controlled office Copy No. 3
Head Production (Tablet) Deptt.

Controlled office Copy No. 4
Head Production (Liquid) Deptt

Controlled office Copy No. 5
Head Production (External) Deptt

Controlled office Copy No. 6
Head Production (Soap) Deptt

Controlled office Copy No. 7
Head Ware house (Main Block) Deptt

Controlled office Copy No. 8
Head Ware house ( External Block) Deptt

Controlled office Copy No. 9
Head Engineering Deptt Deptt

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REVISION HISTORY
S.No.
Revision No.
Effective Date
Reason for Revision
Details of Change
Authorized By
(sign & Date)



















                                                

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