Definition: Deviation
A deviation is an incident or nonconformity against a plan, procedure, criterion or expectation. It should be documented, assessed and closed according to procedure.
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Deviation
A deviation is an incident or nonconformity against a plan, procedure, criterion or expectation. It should be documented, assessed and closed according to procedure.
Quality and validation
Definition
A deviation is an incident or nonconformity against a plan, procedure, criterion or expectation. It should be documented, assessed and closed according to procedure.
Why it matters
Useful for selecting the right method, product family, sampling point, report or traceability workflow in water quality programs.
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Related terms
- Approval Approval is the formal decision confirming that a record, result, worksheet, report or dossier meets criteria and can move forward.
- CAPA CAPA means corrective and preventive action used to address a cause and prevent recurrence of a deviation or nonconformity.
- Document control Document control manages versions, validity, distribution and review of documents such as SOPs, protocols, reports and dossiers.
- Dossier A dossier is a documentation package summarizing critical information for review, approval, audit or transfer.
- Validation dossier A validation dossier is a document package containing objective, method, plan, samples, results, deviations, approvals and validation conclusion.
- Nonconformity A nonconformity is failure to meet a specified requirement, whether regulatory, procedural, contractual or quality-system related.
- Technical review Technical review is the evaluation of results, evidence, controls and consistency before approval or report issuance.
- SOP An SOP is a standard operating procedure that describes how to perform an activity in a controlled and repeatable way.
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Why it matters: Deviation
Useful for selecting the right method, product family, sampling point, report or traceability workflow in water quality programs.