Labcompliance On-line Audio Seminar

This seminar has been recorded and is available on CD and for instant download. All reference material as listed below and more is available on a special seminar website. The website is regularly updated with most recent information. In case there are questions related to the topic, they can be submitted through a web form and will be answered by the speaker. For ordering info click here.

On-line Audio Seminar 185

Managing OOS, Failure Investigations, and CAPA

Understanding and Implementing FDA Requirements

Recorded

No or inadequate procedures for handling out of specification (OOS) situations, failure investigations and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) are amongst the most frequently found deviations in FDA warning letters. Companies have procedures but either they are not adequate or are not followed. Last year the FDA has released the final guidance on OOS test results. The industry is still unsure how to implement the new guidance and inadequate handling of OOS situations, failure investigations and CAPA are still #1 deviations in FDA inspections. .

Key Questions related to OOS and failure investigations are:

• FDA and international requirements
• Understanding FDA's final OOS guidance
• What exactly are the expectations of inspectors
• When should a full investigation be initiated?
• Who has overall responsibility for evaluating investigation results?
• How many times can/should we retest?
• How to conduct a batch failure investigation?
• Can we release a batch even if an OOS test is not invalidated?
• How to deal with out-of-trend (OOT) results?
• How to develop FDA compliant corrective and preventive action plans?
• How can I avoid OOS situations BEFORE they occur?
• What if the result meets compendial specs but not our internal specs?
• How should I document failure investigations and CAPA?

How does the audio seminar help:

Answers will be presented by Dr. Ludwig Huber in a new interactive audio seminar. During the seminar, the speaker will present the requirements of FDA 'final OOS guidance and give practical recommendations. After the seminar, an extensive list of reference material like SOPs, worksheets, templates and examples will help immediate and cost effective implementation. The SOPs have been updated according to the new FDA OOS guidance.

During the interactive presentation you learn about:

• FDA regulations and guidelines
• FDA's final Guidance for Industry: Investigating Out-of-Specification (OOS) Test Results for Pharmaceutical Production
• Learning from recent FDA 483's and warning letters
• Developing SOPs for OOS situations and laboratory failures
• Managing formal and informal investigations in laboratories and manufacturing
• Retesting: when and what and how many times
• Developing corrective and preventive action plans
• Root cause analysis
• Strategies to avoid OOS situations BEFORE they occur
• FDA compliant documentation of OOS, failures investigations, root causes and CAPA

And for easy and instant implementation:
download 10+ documents from special seminar website

• SOPs:
  - Handling OOS results (updated according to FDA's final OOS guidance)
  - Laboratory Failure Investigations
  - Corrective and Preventive Actions
  - Investigating Manufacturing Incidents
• Templates/Checklist:
  - OOS Results (updated according to FDA's final OOS guidance)
• Reference Articles
  - Preventing Out-of-Specification (OOS)
• Situations Caused by Laboratory Errors
  - CAPA: A fundamental quality subsystem
  - How to avoid warning letters
• Five Warning letters and/or Inspectional observations related to OOS and CAPA
• FDA Guidance for Industry:
  Investigating Out of Specification (OOS) Test Results for Pharmaceutical Production (October 2006)
• DOE: Root Cause Analysis Guidance (69 pages)
• FDA Presentation: Investigating OOS Test Results. Presentation from FDA's Edwin Rivera, presented at the 31st International GMP conference, March 2007

Who should attend?

• Laboratory managers and supervisors
• GLP/GMP auditors
• QA/QCU managers and personnel
• Responsible persons (for EU compliance)
• Analysts and other laboratory staff
• Regulatory affairs
• Human resources (HR) managers and staff
• Training departments
• Consultants

How to order

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Recorded seminar - Web download 'Site' offer Multiple persons - single site Learn at your desk, meet in a seminar or conference room or share the audio file and reference material at your site. Order includes all reference material.	US$ 349.-
Recorded seminar - CD Get the CD in your mail Order includes all reference material.	US$ 349.-
Special offer for Labcompliance Usersclub Members Recorded Seminar- CD or Web download. Order includes all reference material. for Usersclub information and registration, click here	US$ 249.-

About audio seminars

 

Online audio seminars are presented over the phone. During the live presentation attendees can:

1. Study the printed slide material
2. Watch the slides on a computer
3. Watch the slides on a video screen in a seminar room
4. Ask questions through email and web form

 

About Dr. Ludwig Huber

Dr. Ludwig Huber is the author of the Labcompliance Newsletter. He has been conducting over 100 web and audio or video based seminars since ten years. He is worldwide director for FDA compliance at Agilent Technologies.

Dr. Ludwig Huber is a frequent presenter at IVT conferences and has been awarded as the 'Presenter of the Year' out of 170 speakers. This photo is from IVT's conference on Network Qualification with Ludwig Huber as plenary speaker.

Dr. Huber has published several books related to validation and compliance, for example: Validation of Computerized Analytical and Networked Systems. He was or still is a member of several committees, e.g., of the GAMP Special interest group (SIG) on Laboratory Computers, PDA Part 11 task force, IVT task force on network infrastructure qualification and the European Compliance Academy. He frequently visits FDA in Rockville, VA, and participates in panel discussions with FDA professionals. For more information, click here.