Process Validation of Existing Processes and Systems Using Statistically ..(Part 10f 3)

The FDA defined Process Validation in 1987 by the following: “Process Validation is establishing documented evidence which provides a high degree of assurance that a specific process will consistently produce a product meeting its predetermined specification and quality attributes.” 1The purpose of this article is to discuss how to validate a process by introducing some basic statistical concepts to use when analyzing historical data from Batch Records and Quality Control Release documents to establish specifications and quality attributes for an existing process. In an ideal world, the qualification of processing equipment, utilities, facilities, and controls would commence at the start up of a new plant or the implementation of a new system.


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Author(s): 
Andrew W. Jones, Technical Manager, KMI/PAREXEL LLC
Journal: 
ISPE, January 2001