Description
Book SynopsisDeveloping an ISO 13485-Certified Quality Management System: An Implementation Guide for the Medical-Device Industry details the lessons learned from a real-world project focusing on building an ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management System (QMS) from scratch and then having it officially certified. It is a practical guide to building or improving your existing QMS with tried and tested solutions.
The book takes a hands-on approachfirst teaching the top 25 lessons to know before starting to develop a QMS and then walking you through the process of writing the quality manual and the standard operating procedures, training the staff on the QMS, organizing an internal audit, executing a management review, and finally passing the necessary external audits and obtaining certification. It helps you to progress from one task to the next and provides all the essential information to accomplish each task as quickly and efficiently as possible. It does not attempt to r
Table of Contents
1: About this book 2: Introduction 3: What to know before getting started 4: Getting started 5: Writing the quality manual 6: Writing the Standard Operating Procedures 7: QMS documentation (SOP-1) 8: CAPA, monitoring & improvement (SOP-2) 9: Infrastructure (SOP-3) 10: Human resources (SOP-4) 11: Suppliers & distributors (SOP-5) 12: Auditing (SOP-6) 13: Communication, marketing & sales (SOP-7) 14: Risk management (SOP-8) 15: Clinical evidence (SOP-9) 16: Product realization (SOP-10) 17: Regulatory affairs (SOP-11) 18: Post-market surveillance (SOP-12) 19: Finalizing all the SOPs 20: Writing templates, forms, records, and registries 21: Writing meeting agendas and minutes 22: QMS software validation 23: The launch 24: Training 25: Document review 26: Audits 27: Management review 28: Certification 29: Business as usual 30: What to know when you are up and running 31: Conclusion
