Fundamentals of Visual Inspection - Online Training Recording
Course No. 20257A
Speakers
Dr. Helmut Gaus
ECA Visual Inspection Group
Felix Krumbein
Head ECA Visual Inspection Group
All times mentioned are CET.
Objectives
The training course on visual inspection gives you an understanding of the fundamentals of visual inspection of injectable products, applicable to manual and automated inspection. This covers the following aspects of visual inspection: organisation, validation, conduct and evaluation of the results. You will also learn how to implement an automated system on the basis of manual inspection.
Background
The 100% visual inspection of sterile injectable products is a requirement originating from the Pharmacopoeias, e.g. from the US USP or the European PharmEur. But there is still confusion within the global pharmaceutical industry with regard to the requirements for testing for visible particles. After the USP chapters <790> and <1790> were published, things have become much clearer, at least for the US. In Europe the new chapter 5.17.2 of the European Pharmacopoeia now also gives further advice. However, many questions remain, e.g. concerning training, re-testing, detection capabilities and revalidation of inspection systems.
Furthermore, there has been a recognisable trend towards automated inspection machines in the last years. The challenge for pharmaceutical companies is to find a suitable machine for their products and to determine reasonable inspection parameters during qualification and validation. But questions also arise during routine processes like, for example the usage of test-sets, doing AQL-Testing as well as the adjustment of parameters of the vision systems.
We will address those topics during the conference and discuss and answer questions on:
The latest compendial requirements concerning particulate matter
Compliance with the revised Annex 1 (draft)
Training and qualification of operators in the manual inspection
Validation and operation of an automated inspection system
Setup of test kits for training, qualification and routine inspection
Trending and monitoring of visual inspection data
Correct AQL testing as part of the batch release
Re-inspection of defect fractions
Target Group
This one-day training is directed at everybody involved in the 100% inspection of sterile injectables. As the fundamentals are explained in a very comprehensive way, the course is very popular with beginners and medium experienced staff.
Technical Requirements
To participate in an on demand training course or webinar, you do not need any software. The recordings are made available via a streaming server. In general, the recording is provided in MP4 format, which any PC (Microsoft Windows, Apple IOS) or tablet can easily display.
Timing and Duration: When you register for the on demand Training course or webinar you can decide at what date you want to follow the training course online. For a 1-day training course you will have 2 days in which the stream is available (for 2-day training course 3 days and for a 3-day training course 4 days). Within in this timeframe you can start & stop the stream according to your needs. In time before the scheduled date (your desired date) you will receive an e-mail from us with a link for direct participation as well as your log-in data.Training
Course Documentation and Certificate: The presentations will be made available as PDF files via download shortly before the online training course. After the event, you will automatically receive your certificate of participation.
Programme
General Requirements
Requirements of the different Pharmacopeia
Defect categorisation
Test kits for training, qualification and routine
Manual Inspection
Qualification of personnel
Training of personnel
Standardisation of working conditions
AQL in the manual inspection
From Manual to Automated Inspection
Usage of the Knapp and the modified Knapp test
Detection rates
Cross validation during the PQ phase
Automated Inspection
Importance of particle detection rates
System-Suitability, Requalification and revalidation
Defect and reject fractions
Routine inspection
Trending of inspection data
AQL testing as part of the release process
Impact of visual inspection data on batch release
Recording from 15 February 2023 Duration of Recording: approx. 4:15 h
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