Testing & Release Of In-Process Samples

1.0 OBJECTIVE:

To lay down the documented procedure for testing and release of in-process samples.

2.0 SCOPE:

This SOP is applicable for testing and release of n-process samples in Q.C. department.

3.0 RESPONSIBILITY:

3.1 Q.C. Officer/Executive-Quality Control.

4.0 ACCOUNTABILITY:

4.1 Manager-Quality Control.

4.2 Head of the Q.C Department.

5.0 PROCEDURE:

5.1 After the receipt of test request from production to Q.C. Laboratory, the Q.C. Chemist takes its entry in the IPQC register or test request register.

5.2 Based on the priority, chemist analyses the in-process samples by referring the in-process specifications.

5.3 After completion of work fill the testing worksheet & test request alongside and attaches the graphs etc. along with worksheet & test request.

5.4 The completed worksheet & test request is given to Q.C. in-charge who checks it and declares the material is to be approved/ rejected/ to be reworked/ re-analyzed.

5.5 Subsequently, the required entries are to be made in the in-process register.

5.6 If product/ sample comply the specification, it is released for next step. And if it does not comply the specification, inform to production for reprocessing.

6.0 REVISION LOG:

Revision No.	Effective Date	Reason
00		New SOP

7.0 REFERENCES:

7.1 Not Applicable.

8.0 ANNEXURES:

Annexure 1: Log Book for In-process Checks.

Annexure: 1

Log Book for In-process Checks

Sr. No.	Sample receipt date	Product & stage	B. No.	Sample quantity	Test	A.R. No.

Date of analysis	Result	Release date	Done by	Checked by

Format: F/QC/000

9.0 ABBREVIATIONS:

Abbreviation	Expanded Form
S	Standard operating procedure
&	And
%	percentage
IPQC	In-process quality control
A.R. No.	Analytical report number
B. No.	Batch number