6th Sem Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Syllabus

 UNIT – I  (View PDF)

Quality Assurance and Quality Management concepts: Definition and concept of Quality

control, Quality assurance and GMP

Total Quality Management (TQM): Definition, elements, philosophies

ICH Guidelines: purpose, participants, process of harmonization, Brief overview of QSEM,

with special emphasis on Q-series guidelines, ICH stability testing guidelines

Quality by design (QbD): Definition, overview, elements of QbD program, tools

ISO 9000 & ISO14000: Overview, Benefits, Elements, steps for registration

NABL accreditation : Principles and procedures

UNIT - II  (View PDF)

Organization and personnel: Personnel responsibilities, training, hygiene and personal records.

Premises: Design, construction and plant layout, maintenance, sanitation, environmental

control, utilities and maintenance of sterile areas, control of contamination.

Equipments and raw materials: Equipment selection, purchase specifications, maintenance, purchase specifications and maintenance of stores for raw materials.

UNIT – III  (View PDF)

Quality Control: Quality control test for containers, rubber closures and secondary packing

materials.

Good Laboratory Practices: General Provisions, Organization and Personnel, Facilities,

Equipment, Testing Facilities Operation, Test and Control Articles, Protocol for Conduct of a

Nonclinical Laboratory Study, Records and Reports, Disqualification of Testing Facilities

UNIT – IV  (View PDF)

Complaints: Complaints and evaluation of complaints, Handling of return good, recalling and

waste disposal.

Document maintenance in pharmaceutical industry: Batch Formula Record, Master Formula

Record, SOP, Quality audit, Quality Review and Quality documentation, Reports and

documents, distribution records.

UNIT – V  (View PDF)

Calibration and Validation: Introduction, definition and general principles of calibration,

qualification and validation, importance and scope of validation, types of validation, validation

master plan. Calibration of pH meter, Qualification of UV-Visible spectrophotometer, General

principles of Analytical method Validation.

Warehousing: Good warehousing practice, materials management