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(a) Prevention of mixups and cross-contamination by physical or spatial
separation from operations on other drug products.

International GMPs

Chapter 5 Production
Packaging operations (extract)

5.44 When setting up a program for the packaging operations, particular
attention should be given to minimizing the risk of cross contamination, mix-
ups or substitutions.

Different products should not be packaged in close proximity unless there is

physical segregation.

5.45 Before packaging operations are begun, steps should be taken to ensure
that the work area, packaging lines, printing machines and other equipment are
clean and free from any products, materials or documents previously used; if
these are not required for the current operation.

The line-clearance should be performed according to an appropriate check-list.

Overview

Line clearances are used in the labelling and packaging area as another control
to prevent mix-up of product, the following steps must be conducted and verified
prior to the start of packaging and labelling operation:

Clean the area and machines,

Remove all previous products from the area and machines.

Remove all waste from the area and machines.

Reconcile all printed material and product from the previous batch.

Once the above steps are complete, it must be documented that the area and
machines ore inspected and found to be clear of all previous product.

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