Quality assurance document control is the process used in the management, coordination, control, delivery, or support of an item required for quality assurance purposes. QA document control is an essential part of the quality assurance system for all aspects of GMP, GCP and GLP. It allows you to approve, review and update documents; make changes and identify revision status; control document distribution; and prevent use of obsolete documents, facilitating proper archiving.
- In manufacturing environments, QA documents complement one another. For example, a form may be associated to a standard operating procedure (SOP), or an equipment manual associated with a maintenance drawing, etc. A document control system should allow document linking to provide users the relevant information needed to do their job.