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Steps required to control packaging materials in pharmaceutical

GMPSOP

Particularly the printed packaging materials where product information is presented. Printed packaging materials typically include product names, active ingredients, concentration, batch numbers, expiry dates, registration numbers, barcodes, etc. Commonly used packaging materials are cartons, inserts, leaflets, printed foil, etc.

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What is cross contamination in pharmaceutical industry

GMPSOP

Cross contamination in the pharmaceutical industry can be described as an accidental inclusion of product of another batch or unknown foreign material into a finished batch, which was not intended or not mentioned on the label. Personal medications must not be brought into production areas.

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Difference between Prescription vs Non-prescription drugs

FADIC

These medications are typically stronger than OTC drugs and can only be used by the intended person to treat a specific medical diagnosis. OTC drugs typically treat conditions that are easy to self-diagnose, such as headaches, colds and allergies, and can be purchased at grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores and supermarkets.

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Warehouse material handling for pharmaceutical industry

GMPSOP

Therefore, the utmost care must be taken during material handling such as receiving raw materials, logging in, storing, sending for testing, and issuing approved raw materials. Many mis-formulation incidents commence with the wrong issue of starting materials or other chemicals from the store.

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Medication Safety

RX Note

Some of the findings in the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System , include Medical errors are common. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has developed a standard system for categorizing medication errors by 12 types. Medical errors are tragic.

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Basic Overview of Contamination Control in GMP Facility

GMPSOP

Take adequate care in management of the dispensary so as to exclude the opening of different lots of containers in close proximity. Contamination control of raw materials store Poor housekeeping in the store can lead to product mix-ups and cross-contamination. How to define contamination and cross-contamination?

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How to conduct GMP training for employee

GMPSOP

GMP/GLP and PPE training are applied to all employees, contractors and casual staff working in a GMP environment, including manufacturing, packaging, labelling, distribution, QA, QC, development, validation, engineering, IT staff and anyone whose activities could affect product quality. – The training system is audited annually.