Where are you now? 21 CFR Part 11 Compliant Products > Analytical Chemistry > PyroLab > PyroCycler
PyroCycler (detailed specification coming soon) 
Introduction
PyroCycler utilizes Peltier elements and integrated software for efficient
cooling and heating.
DQ-IQ-OQ-PQ and 21 CFR part 11
Regulatory compliance in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and
medical device, industries is the foundation of good business practices.
DQ-IQ-OQ-PQ documents for PyroCycler provide significant support to reduce the
risk of non-compliance.
DQ (Design Qualification) - is the foundation of good science & good
compliance practices. You cannot get more out of a system that has been
built into it. DQ is the tool & methodology to make the evaluation of
suitability for specific requirements, including worst-case-scenario. DQ
also provides the baseline for meaningful Performance Qualification (PQ)
monitoring; without DQ, PQ flounders, it does not exist. 21 CFR Part 11
compliance is a major functionality relative to Design Qualification.
In the first part let us consider what may be the most important questions to ask relative to 21
CFR Part 11 DQ. 
DQ supports the functional
& quality specifications designed into PyroCycler. Documentary proof of DQ
compliance includes:
- Software Validation Plan,
- Software Validation Summary,
- 21 CFR Part 11 Validation Summary,
- Measurement Performance Design Summary, and
- Measurement Compliance Summary
IQ (Installation Qualification) - IQ supports the
requirement for proper installation and acceptance qualification for
PyroCycler. Documentary proof of IQ compliance includes:
- Receipt & acceptance checklist,
- Physical & electrical compliance checklist,
- Environmental compliance checklist,
- Training compliance checklist, and
- Final IQ Summary
OQ (Operational Qualification) - OQ supports the
specification compliant functioning of the system. Documentary proof of OQ
compliance includes:
- 21 CFR Part 11 operational specification checklist,
- Software operational specification checklist,
- Instrument interface operational specification checklist,
- Instrument operational specification checklist, and
- Final OQ Summary
PQ (Performance Qualification) - PQ supports quality
evaluation & quality compliance management of the system. PQ compliance
models include:
- 21 CFR Part 11 compliance models,
- SQC models for instrument qualification review,
- SQC models for method qualification review,
- SQC models for vendor qualification review, and
- SQC models for OOS investigations
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