Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Work Instructions (WIs)

Overview:

This webinar will instruct the participant on how to write, organize, and maintain SOPs and train personnel in a way that will ensure compliance in a way that is concise, reproducible and easy to follow. It will begin with a strategic view of SOPs in a company and how SOPs can help streamline operations in addition to ensuring regulatory compliance. This will be followed by explanation on how to get from regulations to the SOP. Finally, Best Practices for creating, implementing and maintaining SOPs using a risk based approach and getting SOPs ready for inspection will be presented.

Why should you Attend: Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are required by law for companies that are regulated by the Code of Federal Regulations such as Title 21 and Title 493. Yet there is no guidance on how to write, organize and maintain SOPs. Consequently, SOPs are frequently written in a way that makes compliance difficult or downright impossible. Worse, this often leads to many regulatory errors that first come to light during a FDA audit.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• SOPs and their relation to the regulations
• SOPs as part of the company's regulatory infrastructure
• SOP on SOPs and how to ensure conciseness, consistency and ease of use
• Risk Based approach on SOP Best Practices for creation and maintenance
• Training on SOPs
• Tools for SOP tracking and when is validation required
• What the FDA looks for in SOPs during an inspection

Who Will Benefit:

• CEO
• Regulatory VP
• Quality VP's
• IT VP's
• Regulatory Affairs Professionals
• Quality Managers
• Quality Engineers
• Small Business Owners
• GxP
• Consultants

Speaker Profile
Angela Bazigos is the CEO of Touchstone Technologies Inc. She has degrees in Microbiology and Computing and 40 years of experience in the Life Sciences, Healthcare & Public Health Services. Experience combines Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, Business Administration, Information Technology, Project Management, Clinical Lab Science, Microbiology, Food Safety & Turnarounds. Past employers / clients include Royal Berkshire Hospital, Roche, Novartis, Genentech, PriceWaterhouseCoopers & Stanford Hospital.