This document discusses key components of quality management systems for clinical research. It defines quality as compliance or conformance to rules, regulations, guidance, specifications or requirements set by internal or external customers for products, processes or services. For clinical research specifically, quality means data, procedures, processes and activities adhere to expectations of honesty, integrity, accuracy and completeness. The document also distinguishes between quality control, which inspects and certifies quality through control systems, and quality assurance, which designs quality systems and assesses system performance through independent auditing.
3. The Standard Components of QMS in Clinical Research
Reference - The Concept of Quality in Clinical; Research; Science and Engineering Ethics
(2006) 12, 147-156
4. Key to Success for all - 01
Compliance is Organizational responsibility &
mandatory act
Compliance is not a individual responsibility
5. Key to Success for all - 02
Compliance is Organizational responsibility &
mandatory act
Compliance is not a individual responsibility
Integrity as a culture
Document properly what you do
Do not document what you do not do
Do it Right for the First Time, at the Right Time, in
the Right Manner
6. Quality is defined as (General Definition)
Compliance/ Conformance/ Adherence to
Rules &/or Regulations &/or Guidance &/or
Specifications &/or Requirements &/or
Expectations
about a Products &/or Process &/or Services
set by Internal &/or External Customers
7. Quality Definition for Clinical Research - 01
A measurable or assessable Compliance/
Conformance/ Adherence
with Rules &/or Regulations &/or Guidance &/or
Specifications &/or Requirements &/or Expectations
about Data, Product(s), Procedure(s), Work
Process(s), Allied Activities(s)
set by Internal &/or External Customers
8. Quality Definition for Clinical Research - 02
Honest & Integrity
Attributable and traceable
Legible
Contemporaneous
Original
Accurate, Precise
Complete
Consistent
Enduring
Available
Reproducible (as applicable)
9. Quality Control / Quality Assurance
Quality Control / Operational Units
Responsible for inspecting and certifying
predefined quality expected in a product or
process through Quality Control Systems
Quality Assurance / Audit Group
Design Quality System including QC
Assesses the Performance, Accuracy,
Reliability And Integrity Of Quality Systems
through Independent Auditing Activities