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What is Quality Assurance (QA)?

 Quality Assurance (QA) is a wide ranging concept concerning all matter that individually or collectively influence the quality of a product. It is the totality of the arrangement made with the object of ensuring that products are of the quality required for their intended use. 

The QA department is responsible for ensuring that the quality policies adopted by a company are followed. In some organization, QA serves as the primary contact with regulatory agencies and is the final authority for product acceptance (release) or rejection. 

QA to play a major role in the identification, preparation and implementation of the necessary standard operating procedures (SOPs) relative to the control of quality.

Where QA has responsibility for final product release, it must determine that the product meets all the applicable specifications and that it was manufactured according to internal standards and cGMPs. A second major responsibility of the QA department is the monitoring quality or audit function.

 QA function not only determines that the procedures are current and correct, but that properly trained operators are following them.

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