Training Seminar: 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance (Electronic Signatures, Electronic Records in FDA regulated fields)

Part 11 Compliance

How to Implement 21 CFR Part 11 Regulation and its Guidances

Approximate Time: 4 hours

Who Should Attend:

This course explains how to apply the electronic records and signatures regulation in a real world setting. It is ideal for all personnel that interact with electronic systems in an FDA regulated environment, including QA, QC, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Laboratory Services, Process Development, and all of Operations support.

Course Description:

This course explains all aspects of the Part 11 regulation and gives an overview of the associated Guidance Documents. It contains many examples of how the regulation can be applied using typical industry scenarios. It also includes many quotes from FDA and FDA issued Warning Letters to show how the regulation is being applied by regulatory agencies. Risk based approaches to Part 11 are also included. The changes to Part 11 announced in February of 2003 have been incorporated into this training session.

Introduction to Part 11 Requirements

Systems Covered by Part 11

Electronic Records Requirements

Additional Open Systems Requirements

Additional Electronic Signatures Requirements

Controls for Identification Codes and Passwords

FDA Guidance Document Recommendations

Examples of Part 11 Implementation in the Real World, including

Formal Part 11 Assessment of all existing systems

Change Control

SOPs for security control

SOPs for ensuring personnel accountability

SOPs for to fill in the gaps when systems are not fully compliant

Electronic Systems Investigations

Specifying Part 11 requirements when procuring/designing new systems

Spreadsheet control, validation, and security

IT is now GMP

Trends for Compliance

For "Real World" situations, examples from the following systems are incorporated:

Manufacturing

	Off-The-Shelf and Custom Process Monitoring and Control System (e.g. chromatography skid, utility and building monitoring)
	Spreadsheets (e.g. Environmental Monitoring data)
	Custom Database (e.g. investigations tracking)

Analytical Laboratories

	Off-The-Shelf and Custom database system (e.g. sample and results tracking)
	Lab Instruments (e.g. certain HPLC)
	Spreadsheets (e.g. results calculation)

Process Development

	Custom Database (e.g. process development database)
	Spreadsheets (e.g. critical parameter trending)

NOTE: A 2 hour version, abbreviated version of this course is also available. All the basics of the regulation and the guidance documents are covered, but with fewer "real world" examples.

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Rates

FDA on Electronic Records

The theme of the regulations is that part of what makes electronic signatures trustworthy, are the underlying records themselves. The actual records are also important. It is just as important to have those records be trustworthy regardless of whether the records are electronically signed or not. These regulations are really for electronic records AND electronic signatures.

Paul Motise
SQA CVIC Meeting
June 1997

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