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Documents and Records: Abuobieda Mohamed Qi Department
Documents and Records: Abuobieda Mohamed Qi Department
Records
ABUOBIEDA MOHAmed
QI DEPARTMENT
Purchasing Information
Process
& Management
Control
Inventory
Documents Occurrence
& Management Assessment
Records
To find information
whenever it is needed!
Documents Records
▪ communicate ▪ capture information
information via on worksheets,
policies, processes, forms, labels, and
and procedures charts
▪ need updating ▪ permanent, do not
change
RECORDS
Laboratory
Documents
Procedures Processes
Job aid
▪ a shortened version of the SOP
▪ does not replace the SOP
“How to do it”
“How it happens”
“What to do”
◼ clear
◼ concise
◼ user-friendly
◼ explicit
◼ accurate
◼ up-to-date
Describe how
the related
quality
processes occur
Reference
procedures
◼ Computerized procedure
J Johnson,
RB Smith
◼ Standardization:
Header
Version/chapter/reference
Author/reader/validator
Recipients
Version date/Application
date
Typical outline
◼ Updating and storage of
different versions is easy
establish assess
means for scientific
updating validity
organizational tool
Documents and Records - Module 16 35
Document Control Elements
Controlled
documents
equipment texts,
service articles,
manuals reference
books
Preparation
Issue
Distribution
Review
Revision Approval
Documents and Records - Module 16 40
Implementing Document Control
◼ collect existing documents and
records
◼ review and update
◼ determine additional needs
◼ develop or obtain documents, forms,
worksheets, logbooks, reports
◼ involve stakeholders
◼ outdated documents
◼ too many documents are
distributed and the system
cannot be maintained
◼ lack of control of documents
of external and internal origin
Management Identify
tool problems
Laboratory
EQA / Records Instrument
PT records printouts
Quality
Maintenance
control
records
data
More External
Customer
feedback Records audits
results
User Continuous
surveys improvement
◼ Accessibility ◼ Traceability
use system that will allow for tracking of a
allow ease of access specimen throughout
all processes
◼ permanence
computer system maintenance, backups
◼ security
access
confidentiality
◼ traceability
Testing Factors
affecting Research
process
purposes
review retention
times
Time
between
assessments
-audits
Documents and Records - Module 16 51
Summary
Documents:
◼ include written policies, processes, and procedures
◼ need to be updated and maintained
Records:
◼ include information captured in processes
◼ are permanent, do not require updating
A good document control program:
◼ most current version used
◼ availability and ease of access
Purchasing
&
Process Information Questions?
Control Management
Inventory
Comments?
Documents Occurrence
& Management Assessment
Records