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Under the [[QSIT|QSIT]] handbook, investigators will regard [[Design Controls|Design Controls]] as one of the four major quality systems for each form. The following steps are performed:
# Select a single design project
# For the design project selected, verify that design control procedures that address the requirements of Section 820.30 of the regulation have been defined and documented
# Review the design plan for the selected project to understand the layout of the design and development activities including assigned responsibilities and interfaces.
## Note: Evaluate the firm's conduct of risk analysis while proceeding through the assessment of the firm's Design Control system
# Confirm that [[Design Inputs|Design Inputs]] were established
# Verify that the [[Design Outputs|Design Outputs]] that are essential for the proper functioning of the device were identified.
# Confirm that acceptance criteria were established prior to the performance of verification and validation activities.
# Determine if design verification confirmed that design outputs met the design input requirements.
# Confirm that design validation data show that the approved design met the predetermined user needs and intended uses.
# Confirm that the completed design validation did not leave any unresolved discrepancies.
# If the device contains software, confirm that the software was validated.
# Confirm that risk analysis was performed.
# Determine if design validation was accomplished using initial production devices or their equivalents.
# Confirm that changes were controlled including validated or where appropriate verified
# Determine if design reviews were conducted
# Determine if the design was correctly transferred

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=Design Planning=
Expectations are as follows:
* Complexity should be reflected in elaborate documentation
* Derivation of input requirements
* Robust Risk Analysis
* Inspectors may provide an [[Establishment Inspection Report|Establishment Inspection Report]] with findings related to each of the issues found.
=Design Input=
The following may be subject to review:
* Intended use
* User/Patient/Clinical issues (interviews, usability studies)
* Performance characteristics
* Safety
* Limits and tolerances
* Risk Analysis (methods and inputs)
* Toxity and biocompatibility
* Electromagnetic compatibility
* Compatibility with environment of intended use
* Human factors
* Reliability
* Physical / Chemics characteristics
* Statutory and regularatory requirements
* Volontary standards
* Sterility
* MDRs / Complaints / Failures
* Device History Files
=Design Output=
* The design system identifies and defines design outputs
* Outputs are expressed and compared to inputs
* The acceptance criteria are determinded for design output
* The deisgn output has been reviewed and approved prior to release.
=Design review=
* Did the manufacturer identify appropriate stages for formal design review?
* Documentation should exist that these reviews happened
* Mechanisms should ensure comprehensive and systematic review
* Appropriat organisational functions should particpate in the review
* The deisgn review system should ensure thaht the identified design inputs are addressed by the design outputs
=Design changes=
Investigators want to see:
# Manufacturers producedures that defined and control design changes
# An individual who is authorized to review and approved design changes
# Indication of how the approval is documented
* The stage of the design process the firm identifies when changes to the approved design inputs begin to control
* The criteria in the design change system that are used to accept changes to approved design inputs
* The manner in which the design change system implements a change to the design inputs
* The procedures that are followed to evaluate when verification or validation of design changes are necessary.
IMPORTANT:
* Investigators are thought that all design changes must be '''''verified'''''
* Unless only verification can be justified and documented that all design changes must be '''''validated'''''
=Design verification=
Investigators will want to see:
# Procedures that control design verification
# Review of the design history
# General and low level detailed documents used
They also want to see:
# Examples of significant points during verification
# Conirm the number of times that a specific input requirement has been fullfilled by the design output
# Identify whether the activities are quantitatiev of qualitative
Finally they want to see:
# The verifiation methods that have been employed to confirm that input requirements are met (e.g. usability testing)
# The verification data that show that output meets input
=Design validation=
Investigators may ask the following questions:
* What evaluations where performed to assist in validating that the device deisgn meets user needs and intended uses
* What labels and labelling, packaging and so on are t be used
* What clinical data were generated from studies with approved FDA compliant protocols
* Was [[510(k)|510(k)]] historical database search performed?
* Did clinical evaluatations include home use?
* Were there literature searches
* Was there any historical product knowlegde?
* Under what actual or simulated conditions was the finished device tested?
* How did the firm resolve discrepancies encountered during validation activities?
* Did discrepancy resolution necessitate a new risk analysis? If not, why not?
* Does the product contain software? How was it validated?
* How have risks been identified and analyzed (e.g. [[FTA|FTA]] [[FMECA|FMECA]])
* Does the [[Design History File|Design History File]] identify the dates and methods of validation?
=Design transfer=
Investigators want to see:
* Procedures that control design transfer
* Typically the investigator will select one or more features and track the process to see if design transfer procedures were followed
=Design History File=
Investigators will want to see how the design history file is maintained and retains the acual design history.
* The will make a list of key elemenst of the DHF
* When more devices share a common history, the FDA investigors will want to understand how commonalities are tracked
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CFR 21-820.30 - FDA Inspection Guidelines - Revision history

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