"Another great course! Really liked the instructor. He was pleasant and had a great sense of humor. He really knew his subject with many years of experience behind him. The course book was excellent - a great resource for us. The location was very nice - everyone was accommodating to us. The food provided was so wonderful. I am sure I gained 10 lbs. The whole experience was top class - from instructor to location. This has been a wonderful addition to my knowledge base for my job and reference library."
Lynne F., Stability Project Coordinator, DePuy-Synthes
"I found the this course to be one of the best courses I have taken. All the information presented was on the money for what I was looking for in this course. I found the instructor to be a wealth of knowledge and wonderful in keeping the class engaged. This course is refreshing for me coming from medical devices to have a course tailored to medical devices and not pharma. Thank you for the knowledge."
Michelle N., Sr. Clinical Scientist, bioMerieux
"Wow! Finally a course created for and focusing on the needs of the medical device industry. The course director brings a ton of experience and worldly knowledge and it showed. I particularly liked the inclusion of focus on validation master plans…not simply focusing only on IQ/OQ/PQ's. Well done. The hotel is very nice as a conference location."
Robert P., Manufacturing Engineer, Abbott
"The course was excellent. Unlike other courses, this one had many practical aspects which help to better understand the theory. I enjoyed the Case Studies and Group Practices."
Lesvia D., Process Engineer, BBraun
Participants will learn how an effective Process Validation system is a critical requirement to the movement toward a risk-based approach to compliance and product safety. Also to be discussed is how to tackle process validation for medical device combination products.
Issues to be covered include:
Attendees are encouraged to bring examples of Process Validation issues/concerns that they would like to reviewed and discussed during the course.
The guideline on "General Principals of Process Validation" was issued in May, 1987, and since then, medical device companies have struggled with the principals of process validation. Internationally, regulators believe through careful design and validation of the process and appropriate process controls, a manufacturer can establish a "high degree of assurance" that all manufactured units from successive lots will be acceptable. Successfully validating a process may reduce the dependence upon intensive in-process and finished product testing. More recently, with the introduction of risk management to medical devices, it is important to correctly apply the principles of risk management when implementing and maintaining process validation activities.
Newer products and processes pose additional challenges to organizations. New processes are more complex thereby making process validation more difficult. Using the tools developed in this course, participants will be able to methodically plan and conduct a process validation.
This 20 hour medical device validation training is targeted toward Medical Device professionals directly involved in meeting International and FDA's Quality System requirements specifically relating to Process Validation.
Typical attendees include: Professionals in Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance & Control, Auditing & Compliance Engineering, Process Development, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Design & Development Engineering, Documentation Control Specialists.
To maximize the peer learning opportunity, this medical device process validation course is recommended for those who may have a core level of understanding of Medical Devices, the Quality System Regulation (QSR) and/or ISO 13485, with some direct work experience.
This process validation training course provides attendees with the knowledge and skills needed to comply with the process validation requirements of the FDA's Quality System Regulation (CFR 820), and the Quality System standard ISO 13485 while providing direction on how to implement an effective process validation program.
Objectives of this three day course are to provide an understanding of Medical Device process validation, explaining how, when, where and why to validate processes.
Participants will:
1. Introduction to Process Validation
2. Implementing a Process Validation System
3. Executing a Validation
4. The Validation Life Cycle
5. Software Validation & Compliance with 21 CFR Part 11
6. Supplier Process Validations
7. Combination Products
8. Other types of Validations
9. Process Validation & Compliance
"The course includes a variety of classroom exercises designed to foster interesting and engaging sharing of information among students."
Chen N., Senior Quality Engineer, Nyxoah
"The instructor was very engaging and really cared about our personal goals and objectives for attending the course. It was important to him that the content would be beneficial for us in our respective roles. He asked each of us in the beginning what we each hoped to get out of it, and at the end of the course, he went through those points and made sure we had completed those objectives."
Sophia A., QA Specialist, Philips Vesper Medical
"The level of expertise of the instructor is much higher than those used by other training companies. The instructor had so much industry experience that he could answer all questions and provide real life examples."
Jon T., Quality Assurance Director, Closure Systems International
"Both the content of the course material and the instructor were exceptional. The instructor was the perfect mix of knowledge and personality."
Jennifer H., Validation Engineer, LSI Solutions
"This course offered more time to answer questions than others I've taken. The discussion of topics was solid with examples and answers to real world questions. The most enjoyable part of the course is how much I actually learned!"
Jason B., QA Manager, Precision One Medical
"It was a great experience! Very useful! It covered everything I wanted to know about this topic."
Dr. Peter B., Project Leader, Microdul AG
"This course challenged me and was better than courses I’ve taken with other training companies."
Emma C., Process Product Engineer, MediSystems Europe
"Another great course! Really liked the instructor. He was pleasant and had a great sense of humor. He really knew his subject with many years of experience behind him. The course book was excellent - a great resource for us. The location was very nice - everyone was accommodating to us. The food provided was so wonderful. I am sure I gained 10 lbs. The whole experience was top class - from instructor to location. This has been a wonderful addition to my knowledge base for my job and reference library."
Lynne F., Stability Project Coordinator, DePuy-Synthes
"The course was well thought out with a good level of detail. I found the clarification of verification vs. validation very useful."
Mark G., Product Manager, Trelleborg
"Well prepared and clear. Examples used were most helpful."
Pertrice W. Validation Manager, LSI Solutions
"The course was excellent. Unlike other courses, this one had many practical aspects which help to better understand the theory. I enjoyed the Case Studies and Group Practices."
Lesvia D., Process Engineer, BBraun Medical
"In comparison to courses from other training providers this was the best by far."
Mike F., Facilities Manager, Trelleborg
"The course notes are much more detailed that other courses I’ve taken and the instructor was very thorough and knowledgeable."
Shirlyn Q., Supplier Quality, Genentech
"I found the 'Process Validation for Medical Devices' course to be one of the best courses I have taken. All the information presented was on the money for what I was looking for in this course. I found the instructor to be a wealth of knowledge and wonderful in keeping the class engaged. This course is refreshing for me coming from medical devices to have a course tailored to medical devices and not pharma. Thank you for the knowledge."
Michelle N., Sr. Clinical Scientist, bioMerieux
"Wow! Finally a course created for and focusing on the needs of the medical device industry. The course director brings a ton of experience and worldly knowledge and it showed. I particularly liked the inclusion of focus on validation master plans…not simply focusing only on IQ/OQ/PQ's. Well done. The hotel is very nice as a conference location."
Robert P., Manufacturing Engineer, Abbott
"There was a lot of material covered. I was impressed with the way the instructor set the course up. IQ OQ PQ was first, followed by process validations, DOE's, FMEA's, software validations and why all these are required. The instructor made the class feel comfortable from day one and encouraged questions. I definitely have more confidence about the work I am doing."
Matt C., Biomaterials Quality Engineer, Globus Medical
"The Course Director answered the questions of the group directly and did not make the answer more confusing than the question. This implied a willingness to 'take a stand' on a validation issue."
Stephen C., Sr. Quality Engineer, Synthes
"The course was quite good and thorough. The scope and subject matter were directly related to my job."
Jamie V., Manager, Chemistry Lab, Trelleborg
"Excellent course! I now have a much better understanding of what needs to be done, how much and how to do it. Thank you."
Kathy D., QC Engineer, Medtronic
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