How to Prepare for an FDA Inspection

If your place of work comes under the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration, it is beneficial to prepare yourself and other employees to receive inspections. If everybody is prepared, you will have a better chance of passing the inspection and keeping your job. FDA inspections are very thorough, and auditors will expect all employees to behave in a certain way to ensure the quality of the products the company produces and sells to the public.

Instructions

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  Ensure that all employees are informed of the inspection or audit to have it run smoothly.

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  Assign jobs to any employees under your management. Have one employee ready to receive the inspector when she arrives, have another person to check the inspector's credentials and have an employee give the inspector a tour of your facility.

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  Require the employees you manage to completely memorize the correct policies and procedures your company has in place that relate to quality control.

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  Brief any quality assurance employees at your company about what the inspector will ask them specifically.

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  Gather items important to the inspection and have them ready to show the inspector. These items can include building diagrams, product samples and documentation of any clinical trials. An FDA inspector will check everything, regardless of what the focus of the inspection is.