Pharma Industry Interview Question & Answer Part 02 (General)

 

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Question 11: 

Is a user allowed to carry out a reintegration?

Best Answer:  As far as I can see, the answer to this is 'no'. This should first be authorised by the Head of Laboratory stating the reason.

 

Question 12: 

The calibration of equipment influences the correctness of data. Does this mean that the calibration is critical?

Best Answer: Since the calibration influences the patient safety only indirectly no audit trail review is required.


Question 13: 

It is difficult to carry out the separation between the persons of administrator and user in the CDS. Is it possible that the admin and the user being the same person?

Best Answer: This is possible but it needs to be described in a SOP.

 

Question 14: 

Deletion is possible outside the software. How is it possible to "build in" safety?

Best Answer:  Yes, in systems that can store locally on the HD of the user it is possible to set up two local user profiles. Then, for instance, the system stores data only on the profile the user cannot access.


Question 15: What do you do with legacy equipment? If no audit trail is available or if "user login" is not possible?

Best Answer:  The systems have to be replaced in the short or in the long run - according to the risks.

 

Question 16: What other points are included in the Periodic Review?

Best Answer: 

  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Service Agreements
  • Validation/Qualification and Project Deliverables:
  • System Control Procedures
  • Audit Trail management
  • Incidents, Problems
  • Changes, Upgrades
  • Security, User Access, User Administration
  • User Guides
  • Backup, BCP, Performance, Reliability Monitoring
  • System Access Training
  • Archived Data

  

Question 17:

 When assessing the criticality of data the influence of the data on the data integrity is mentioned as one criterion apart from the influence on the product quality. There seems to be a direct influence on the integrity of data almost always. How can this criterion be further substantiated in order to be able to use it in a differentiated way?

Best Answer:  This is like going round in circles. The quality of the product always is of the highest importance. The criterion "data integrity" by itself is not meaningful but has to be specified by attributes such as "access security", "duration of storage until destruction" etc.

 

Question 18: 

What type of accuracy checks are expected for the use of spreadsheets?

Best Answer: Data integrity should be ensured by suitably implemented and risk-assessed controls. The calculations and the files should be secured in such a way that formulations are not accidentally overwritten.

Accidental input of an inappropriate data type should be prevented or result in an error message (e.g. text in a numeric field or a decimal format into an integer field). So-called 'boundary checks' are encouraged.

 

Question 19: 

What measures are required to ensure data security of databases?

Best Answer:  Data security includes integrity, reliability and availability of data. During validation of a database based or inclusive system, consideration should be given to:

· Implementing procedures and mechanisms to ensure data security and keeping the meaning and logical arrangement of data;

· Load-testing, taking into account future growth of the database and tools to monitor the saturation of the database;

· Precautions for necessary migration of data (annex 11 p17) at the end of the life-cycle of the system.

 

Question 20: 

How often should the readability and accessibility of data be checked?

Best Answer:  The period should be defined depending on the risk. Readability should be checked immediately after copying and then depending on the medium used.


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