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Expansion of the Scope of Accredited CBER Test Methods
Description: This project continues the process of obtaining third party accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 of test methodologies. External accreditation of CBER’s test methods provides additional transparency and further assurance that CBER tested biological products are safe, pure, and potent. Information is current as of September 30, 2012.
Accomplishment: The project’s goal was to have an additional six test methods readied for potential accreditation. CBER in fact readied ten additional test methods for accreditation, and those methods were audited by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation in August 2012. CBER responded to the audit findings in November 2012. In January 2013, CBER was notified that all ten additional test methods had been accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard.
| Milestone Description | Milestone Date | Milestone Status | Milestone Completion Date |
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A. Complete method development |
1/27/2012 |
Completed | 1/26/2012 |
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B. Approve test method documents |
3/2/2012 |
Completed | 3/5/2012 |
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C. Complete validation and implement method in Lot Release testing |
4/20/2012 |
Completed | 4/20/2012 |
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D. Third party audit |
8/31/2012 |
Completed | 8/31/2012 |
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E. Respond to audit findings |
11/30/2012 |
Completed | 11/9/2012 |
Key Projects Legend
| Milestone Status | Definition |
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| Not Yet Started | Work for specific milestone has not yet been started. |
| Completed | Milestone and/or overall project is completed. |
| On Track | Milestone - On track for completion by milestone deadline. Quarter status - Project is on track for completion based on overall milestone status. |
| On Hold | Milestone - On hold, but deadline for completion has not passed. Quarter status - Project is on hold, based on overall milestone status. |
| Delayed | Milestone - Delayed as it has not been completed and deadline has passed. Quarter status - Project is delayed based on overall milestone status. |
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