Why to Initiate a Document Control Management (DCM) effort?

In this article, you will learn why to initiate a Document Control Management (DCM) effort and the consequences to not initiate or not perform an adequate Document Control on-time. Moreover, you can discover how to get a Document Management and Control Procedure Template and Document Management Software Application to handle your training activities fast and easily.

So, let’s start with why initiate a Document Control Management (DCM) effort?

Government regulations require that companies working in pharmaceutical industries control their documents.

Some industries work under stricter document control requirements due to the type of information they retain for privacy, warranty, or other highly regulated purposes.

Failing to comply can cause fines, loss of business, or damage to a business’s reputation.

Moreover, the GMP and the QSR mandate to establish a change control management system.

In addition, document control serves as a historic log book and tracking system of all changes in the chronologic order that a document suffers. It helps to evaluate, investigate, correlate, and document how and where are the document modifications by date and by the reviewer.  It may support the document revision and updating schedules during its life cycle.

Consequences to not initiate or not perform an adequate Document Control on-time?

Failure to adhere to proper Document Control handling is considered a violation of US Federal regulations on good manufacturing practices. As a consequence, medicine or medical device can be termed as adulterated or substandard if the company has failed to implement, record, and analyze the outcome of a change, and failed to design and implement an effective document control.  In some cases, it may result in an FDA warning observation, product hold, product recall, etc.

STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

Title 21 CFR Part 11 that establishes the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations on electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES), as it is commonly called, defines the criteria under which electronic records and electronic signatures are considered trustworthy, reliable, and equivalent to paper records (Title 21 CFR Part 11 Section 11.1 (a))

httpss://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/part-11-electronic-records-electronic-signatures-scope-and-application

httpss://www.fda.gov/media/75414/download

CIQA is a quality and regulatory consultant with 25 years of experience developing products and managing projects in the medical device supply chain, and pharmaceutical industries. His experience includes research, product development, operations management, manufacturing engineering, equipment design, regulatory affairs, and quality assurance. Specific questions about Document Control Management DCM or quality system training can be directed to CIQA at ramon.cayuela@ciqa.net.

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REFERENCES:

For more information about why Initiate a Document Control Management, refer to:

httpss://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/part-11-electronic-records-electronic-signatures-scope-and-application

httpss://www.fda.gov/media/118202/download

httpss://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=820.40

QS Regulation and Guidance • Quality System Regulation and Preamble

www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=820&showFR=1

www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/PostmarketRequirements/QualitySystemsRegulations/ucm230127.htm

Inspection Guide – Pages 8, 15, 21, 22 and 23

httpss://www.fda.gov/ICECI/Inspections/InspectionGuides/ucm074899.htm

Guide to Inspections of Quality Systems [Quality System Inspection Technique (QSIT)]

www.fda.gov/iceci/inspections/inspectionguides/ucm074883.htm