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June 2016 Blog Posts (6)

A broad look at clinical research regulations

Clinical research regulations are directives that are aimed at making clinical research more effective and ethically justifiable. The tool or mechanism by which regulators ensure that clinical research regulations serve their purpose is what is called Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Regulatory bodies around the world, irrespective of whether they function at national or global levels, formulate respective clinical research regulations that are aimed at ensuring that…

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Added by Adam Fleming on June 10, 2016 at 3:16am — No Comments

What are the functions of computer system validation process?

Computer system validation process is described as the documented procedure which assures that a computer system performs the exact functions it is intended to reproducibly, consistently and verifiably. The computer system validation process covers every function and milestone of the computer system:

  • Development of the system
  • Operation of the system
  • The system’s maintenance
  • Its retirement
  • Archiving…
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Added by Adam Fleming on June 7, 2016 at 2:24am — No Comments

Effective Steps for Validation and 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance (CSV)

If one were to define validation; it can be considered the deed of testing an item or system for the level or extent to which it complies with a standard that it has to show compliance with.

In the case of computer systems, validation is a major requirement for these regulatory bodies/practices:

o The US FDA

o European Medicines Agency (EMA)

o Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

o Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)

o Good Clinical Practices (GCP)

o All the… Continue

Added by John Robinson on June 6, 2016 at 2:33am — No Comments

The emerging discipline of Hospitals Management Performance Assessments

The emerging discipline of Hospitals Management Performance Assessments

Over the past few years, Hospitals Management Performance Assessments have begun to gain acceptability and credence in healthcare circles. Hospitals Management Performance Assessments came into being as a result of a conscious effort by advanced countries, mainly European, with sufficient backing from the World Health Organization (WHO) to arrive at some sort of metrics…

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Added by Roger Steven on June 2, 2016 at 7:10am — No Comments

Implementation requirements of FDA's Bioresearch Monitoring Program

If there is one common cause for apprehension between the smallest and biggest, and the best known and least known organizations; it has to be an FDA inspection! Any organization that is subject to an FDA inspection has to get absolutely everything of everything about its activities right to a T, to such an extent that it should be sure simply all the time, through all its processes, that an FDA inspection is not going to invite an FDA action such as a 483…

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Added by Adam Fleming on June 2, 2016 at 3:08am — No Comments

It is important to ensure food safety in hospitals

It is important to ensure food safety in hospitals

Food-Services

Hospitals being what they are – where patients of almost all kinds visit or stay – are very potent sources of infection. Infection can arise from any part of the hospital. They can spread from patients to patients, from caregivers to patients, from patients to caregivers, from patients to support or administrative staff and vice versa, and so on. An often overlooked source of infection and contamination…

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Added by Roger Steven on June 1, 2016 at 7:16am — No Comments

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