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Terminology

This glossary includes some of the terms and abbreviations used regularly in the pharmaceutical water and sterilisation arenas. We hope it will help should we unintentionally use jargon on this site. We have also included a number of internet links which will take you directly to the relevant website. If there are any other terms you feel would help please let us know and we will include them on our list.

API

CCA

CFR

cGMP

CIP

CIPSIP

DQ

EDI

EMEA

FDA

FMEA

GAMP

GCLP

GMP

HACCP

HTM

ICH

IQ

IMB

LAL

MHRA

NDT

OQ

Ph Eur

PLC

PQ

PTFE

PW

QA

QC

SIP

SOP

TIG

TOC

URS

USP

VMP

WFI

WHO

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

Continuous Compliance Assurance

Code of Federal Regulations

Current Good Manufacturing Practice

Clean in Place

Clean and Steam in Place

Design Qualification

Electrodeionisation

European Medicines Agency

Food and Drug Administration

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

Good Automated Manufacturing Practice

Good Control Laboratory Practice

Good Manufacturing Practice

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points

Health Technical Memorandum

International Conference on Harmonisation

Installation Qualification

Irish Medicines Board

Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (formerly MCA)

Non Destructive Testing

Operational Qualification

European Pharmacopoeia

Programmable Logic Controller

Performance Qualification

Polytetrafluroethylene

Purified Water

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Steam in Place

Standard Operating Procedure

Tungsten Inert Gas

Total Organic Carbon

User Requirements Specification

United States Pharmacopoeia

Validation Master Plan

Water for Injection

World Health Organisation