Contents of South Africa (MCC) GMP Guidelines

Chapter 1: Quality Management
– Principles
Quality Assurance
Good Manufacturing Practice
Quality Control
– Audits
Quality Evaluation Audits
– Critical Procedures

Chapter 2: Organisation and Personnel
– Principles
– Responsibilities of Key Personnel
– Legal Aspects
– Qualifications
– Training
– Hygiene

Chapter 3: Premises and Equipment
– Principles
– Premises
Equipment

Chapter 4: Materials Management
– Principles
– Purchasing
– Receiving
– Storage
– Issuing

Chapter 5: Manufacturing
– Principle
Validation
– Dispensing
Manufacturing Operations
In-process Control
Contamination
Reprocessing

Chapter 6: Packaging
– Principles
– Component Issue
– Packaging Operations
In-process Control
Contamination
– Finished Product Release

Chapter 7: Quality Control
– Principles
– Responsibilities
Equipment
– Personnel
– Sampling
– Testing
– Standards, reagents
Documentation
Stability

Chapter 8: Documentation
– Principles
– Preparation, Issue and Use of Documents
– Master Specifications
– Master Manufacturing Instructions
– Master Packaging Instructions
– Batch Records (Starting Materials)
– Batch Records (Packaging Materials)
– Batch Records (Manufacturing)
– Batch Records (Packaging)
– Other Procedures and Records
– Analytical Records
– Other Documentation Required

Chapter 9: Validation
– Principles
Validation Master Plan
Validation Protocol
Validation Report
Qualification
Process Validation
Analytical Method Validation
Cleaning Validation
Computer System Validation
Validation of specific dosage forms

Chapter 10: Returned Goods
– Principle
– Procedures

Chapter 11: Complaints, Adverse Events, Recalls & Withdrawals
– Principles
– Complaints
– Adverse Events
– Recalls

Chapter 12: Contract Manufacture, Analysis and Servicing
– Principles
– Manufacture And/Or Packaging
– Contract Analysis
– Service Contracts

Chapter 13: Veterinary Medicines
– Principles
– General Requirements
– Special Requirement

Chapter 14: Radio pharmaceuticals
– Principles
– Registration Requirements
– Personnel
– Premises and Equipment
Production and Handling of Radioactive Preparations
Quality Control
– Packaging of Radio pharmaceuticals
– Non-radioactive Kits
– Distribution and Recalls

Chapter 15: Biological Medicines
– Principles
– Personnel
– Premises and Equipment
– Animal Quarters and Care
Documentation
– The Possibility of Contamination
– The Possibility of Infection
– Where the Product Itself is an Infectious Agent
– Starting Materials
– Seed Lot and Cell Bank System
– Operating Principles
Quality Control
– Special Requirements for Final Testing
– Waste Disposal

Chapter 16: Homeopathic Medicines
– Principles
– Premises
Documentation

Chapter 17: Medical Gases
– Principle
– General Requirements
– Pipelines
– Filling Areas
– Preparation of Returned Cylinders
– Filling
– Lot Identification
– Release
– Storage

Chapter 18: Good Pharmaceutical Wholesaling Practice
– Principles
– General Requirements
– Storage
– Transport
Documentation and Control

Chapter 19: Electronic Data Processing
– Principles
– Responsibilities
Validation
– Security

Chapter 20: Security Guidelines
– Principle
– Security Personnel
– Entry to Site
– Entry to Buildings
– Internal Security

Chapter 21: Safety and Environmental Protection
– Principles
– Safety
– Environmental Procedures

Chapter 22: Sterile Products
– Introduction
– Definitions
– Facilities
– Air Handling Systems
– Sanitisation and Monitoring
– Personnel Training
Manufacturing Requirements and Controls
Validation of Aseptic Process
Sterilisation Processes
Quality Control
– Finishing of Sterile Products
– Batch Release

Chapter 23: Isolator Technology
– Principles
Definition of Terms
– Isolator Design Principles
– The Siting of Isolators
– Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
Installation Qualification (IQ)
Operational Qualification (OQ)
– Process Qualification (PQ)
– Microbiological Monitoring
– Sanitisation of Materials
– Gas Sterilisation of Isolator Systems

Chapter 24: Aerosols & Metered Dose Inhalers
– Principles
– General
– Premises & Equipment
Production & Quality Control

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