>>Anyone have any experience dealing with, and care to comment on, FDA requirements for electronic records to be considered equivalent to paper records?
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http://www.fda.gov/ora/compliance_ref/part11/frs/background/11cfr-fr.htm>>
>>TIA.
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>Yes, is the short answer.
>Drop Janice Birnie a line at
qa@file-away.co.uk (tell her I sent you!)
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http://www.file-away.co.uk/qa.htm>
http://www.file-away.co.uk/itaudits.htm>
http://www.file-away.co.uk/erecords.htm (for links)
>
>You could also look at
www.sqa.org,
www.barqa.com - the former US-based and the latter international (even though it is called British). You could also join the BARQA mailing list (email to
computing@barqachat.com subject SUBSCRIBE) and ask questions there.
>
>The FDA has recently (slightly) relaxed some of the rules for 21CFR. Basically it is audit trails, record retention (electronic, etc.) and, mixed up with it, electronic authorisation of records.
Robert,
Thanks for the references.
Regards. Al
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