21 CFR Part 11

SoftwareCPR® can assist with achieving and maintaining compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures requirements.  Many manufacturers are utilizing electronics records in greater numbers.  Certainly the use of electronic records can help achieve greater process efficiencies.  However, the manufacturer should consider how the integrity of the electronic records will be managed and maintained throughout the required records retention period.  We can help with:

  • On-site Training
  • Regulatory Risk Analysis
  • Assessments
  • Vendor Software Evaluation
  • Validation Assistance
  • Realistic Advice Consistent With Evolving FDA Interpretation

Selected FDA Part 11 Related Documents and Links:

Part11-cd0314-Early Draft of Rule in 2003 21 CFR Part 11 Feb 2003 Federal Register Notice Announcing Major Redirection for Part 11

Part11FinalGuidanceFromFDA-Aug2003 21 CFR Part 11 Final Scope and Application Guidance

FDAClinicalTrialsComputerSystemGuidance-051007-04d-0440-gdl0002-May2007 May 2007 Revised FDA Guidance Computerized Systems Used in Clinical Trials

Part11FinalRule-March2007 21 CFR Part 11 Electronic Records;Electronic Signatures Rule

FDA-InvestigationsOMerecordssection2007 FDA ORA IOM Electronic Copies Investigator Guidance

CDRHInfo-collection-reqmtsExcerpts-July2001 QS Regulation Record Keeping Requirements CDRH Report

Also, search for “Warning Letters” and “Part 11” for warning letters related to Part 11 compliance.

About the author

Partner and General Manager, Brian Pate is ISO 1385:2016 Lead Auditor certified for Medical Device Quality Management Systems (MD), and ISO 19011:2018 Management Systems Auditing (AU) and Leading Management Systems Audit Teams (TL). Brian started his medical device career in anesthesia clinical research in 1985 and has since worked both academia and industry including many years with Johnson & Johnson, Baxter Healthcare, and GE Medical. Brian’s roles have included software engineering, systems engineering, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs. Brian has served on multiple AAMI TIR working groups, including TIR32-2008 (Application of ISO 14971 Risk Management to Software; now IEC 80002-1) and TIR45-2012 (Guidance on the use of Agile practices in the development of medical device software) and served as a reviewer for the 2nd edition of TIR45. Brian serves on the AAMI Software Committee and as an AAMI instructor for the software, design controls, and agile methods courses. Brian also is a member of the Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) Standards Technical Panel for UL1998 (Software in Programmable Components) and or UL5500 (Remote Software Updates).

SoftwareCPR Training Courses

ISO13485:2016 ISO 13485 Internal Audit(or) Training Course (Live, 3-day)

IEC 62304 and other Emerging Standards Impacting Medical Device Software (Live, 3-day)

Being Agile & Yet CompliantISO 14971 SaMD Risk Management

Software Risk Management

Medical Device Cybersecurity

Software Verification

IEC 62366 Usability Process and Documentation

Or just email training@softwarecpr.com for more info.

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