Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index.
Introduction -- Regulations, standards, and guidelines -- Terminology and validation overview -- Risk-based validation and qualification -- Master and project planning for equipment and computer systems -- Design qualification -- Installation qualification -- Operational qualification -- Performance qualification and maintenance -- Special considerations for software and computer systems -- Validation of analytical methods -- Data review and validation and evaluation of uncertainty -- Handling out-of-specification situations -- (Certified) reference standards -- People -- Proficiency testing for external laboratory qualification -- Audits.
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"This Second Edition discusses ways to improve pharmaceutical product quality while achieving compliance with global regulatory standards. This title serves as a complete source to the subject with comprehensive step-by-step instructions, practical recommendations, standard operating procedures (SOPs), checklists, templates, and graphics for easy incorporation in a laboratory, and explains how to develop and implement a validation strategy for routine, nonroutine, and standard analytical methods, covering the entire equipment, hardware, and software qualification process. It also provides guidance on qualification of certified standards, in-house reference materials, and people qualification, as well as internal and third party laboratory audits and inspections."--BOOK JACKET.