CFR

:

U.S. Code Of Federal Regulations

EP

:

European Pharmacopoeia

FDA

:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

ISO

:

International Organization for Standardization

JP

:

Japanese Pharmacopoeia

USP

:

United State Pharmacopoeia

WHO

:

World Health Organization

cm

:

centimeter

dL

:

deciliter

dm

:

decimeter

Eq

:

gram-equivalent weight

g

:

gram

Hz

:

hertz

Kg

:

Kilogram

kHz

:

kilohertz

L

:

Liter

m

:

meter

mcg

:

microgram

mEq

:

miliequivalent

MeV

:

million electron volts

mg

:

miligram

MHz

:

Megahertz

ml

:

mililiter

mol

:

gram-molecular weight

mv

:

milivolts

ng

:

nanogram

nm

:

Nanometer

pg

:

picogram

psi

:

pounds per square inch

v/v

:

volume/volume

w/v

:

weight in volume

w/w

:

weight/weight

ACPH

:

Air Changes Per Hour

ADL

:

Analytical Development Laboratory

AHU

:

Air Handling Unit

ANDA

:

Abbreviated New Drug Application

AQL

:

Acceptance Quality Level

AR No.

:

Analytical Report Number

BMR

:

Batch Manufacturing Record

BOD

:

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BOPP

:

Biaxialy Oriented poly propylene

BP

:

British Pharmacopoeia

BPR

:

Batch Packing Record

BSE

:

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

BSR

:

Bonded Store Room

CCF

:

Change Control Form

CCP

:

Change Control Proposal

CFU

:

Colony Forming Unit

CGMP

:

Current Good Manufacturing Practice

COD

:

Chemical Oxygen Demand

CQA

:

Corporate Quality Assurance

DMF

:

Drug Master File

DO

:

Dissolved Oxygen

DT

:

Disintegration Time

ENG

:

Engineering

EPA

:

Environmental Protection Agency (USA)

ETP

:

Effluent Treatment Plant

FBD

:

Fluidized Bed Drier

FDV

:

Forced Draught Ventilation

FG

:

Finished Goods

FIFO

:

First In First Out

FO

:

Furnace Oil

FPM

:

Feet Per Minute

FRR

:

Finished Release Report

GC

:

Gas Chromatography

GLP

:

Good Laboratories Practices

GMP

:

Good Manufacturing Practices

GRN

:

Goods Receipt Note

GSM

:

Grams Per Square Meter

GTP

:

General Testing Procedure

HDPE

:

High Density Poly Ethylene

HEPA filters

:

Hi Efficiency Particulate Air Filters

HPLC

:

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

HRA

:

Personnel and Administration

HSD

:

High Speed Diesel

HVAC

:

Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning

IP

:

Indian Pharmacopoeia

IPQA

:

In-Process Quality Assurance

KFR

:

Karl Fisher Reagent

KPa

:

Kilopascal

LAF

:

Laminar Air Flow

LDO

:

Light Diesel Oil

MLT

:

Microbial Limit Test

MMD

:

Master Manufacturing Document

MOC

:

Material Of Construction

MPCR

:

Master Production Control Record

MRM

:

Management Review Meeting

MRN

:

Material Receipt Note

NCR

:

Non Conformances Reports

NDA

:

New Drug Application

NF

:

National Formulary

OOS

:

Out Of Specification

Pa

:

Pascal

PET

:

Preservative Efficacy Test

PM

:

Packing Material

PO

:

Purchase Order

ppb

:

Parts Per Billion

PPC

:

Production Planning And Control

PPM

:

Planned Preventive Maintenance

ppm

:

Parts Per Million

PVC

:

Polyvinyl Chloride

PVDC

:

Polyvinyl Dichloride

QA

:

Quality Assurance

QAD

:

Quality Assurance Department

QC

:

Quality Control

QCD

:

Quality Control Department

QCM

:

Microbiology

QMS

:

Quality Management System

RH

:

Relative Humidity

RLAF

:

Reverse Laminar Air Flow

RM

:

Raw Material

RMG

:

Rapid Mixture Granulator

RO

:

Reverse Osmosis

RPM

:

Revolution / Rotation Per Minute

RSD

:

Relative Standard Deviation

RTD

:

Resistance Temperature Detector

SCP

:

Standard Cleaning Procedure

SD

:

Standard Deviation

SMF

:

Site Master File

SMR

:

Supplementary Material Requisition

SOP

:

Standard Operating Procedure

SUPAC

:

Scale up Post Approval Changes

TAB

:

Production (Tablet / Capsule)

TAD

:

Technical Analytical Document

TAVC

:

Total Aerobic Viable Count

TBC

:

Total Bacterial Count

TDS

:

Total Dissolved Solids

TFC

:

Total Fungal Count

TLC

:

Thin Layer Chromatography

TMD

:

Technical Manufacturing Document

TOC

:

Total Organic Carbon

TQM

:

Total Quality Management

TSE

:

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy

UV

:

Ultraviolet

WAR

:

Warehouse (RM/PM/BSR Store)