QP-007 Risk Management Process
QP-007 Risk Management Process
QP-007 Risk Management Process
A. Purpose:
To establish, document, implement and maintain a procedure describes the applied system to manage the risks
associated to Titan Industries devices and this process covers all estimated, evaluation, controlling and monitoring the
associated risks of these medical devices in compliance with EN ISO 1497
B. SCOPE
This procedure is applied for all Medical Devices produced by Titan Industries and assessment team for each device is
responsible of implementing this procedure
C. Responsibility
Top Shall ensure that:
management the provision of adequate resources
the assignment of competent personnel for risk management.
define and document a policy for establishing criteria for risk acceptability.
review the suitability of the risk management process at planned intervals to ensure
continuing effectiveness of the risk management process
D. Abbreviations & Definitions
risk combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of
that harm
benefit positive impact or desirable outcome of the use of a medical device on
the health of an individual, or a positive impact on patient management
or public health
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hazard potential source of harm
hazardous situation circumstance in which people, property or the environment is/are exposed to one
or more hazards
life cycle series of all phases in the life of a medical device from the initial
conception to final decommissioning and disposal
post-production part of the life cycle of the medical device after the design has been
completed and the medical device has been manufactured
EXAMPLE Transportation, storage, installation, product use,
maintenance, repair, product changes, decommissioning and disposal.
risk analysis systematic use of available information to identify hazards and to estimate the risk
residual risk risk remaining after risk control measures have been implemented
risk assessment overall process comprising a risk analysis and a risk evaluation
risk control process in which decisions are made and measures implemented by which risks
are reduced to, or maintained within, specified levels
risk estimation process used to assign values to the probability of occurrence of harm and the
severity of that harm
risk evaluation process of comparing the estimated risk against given risk criteria to determine the
acceptability of the risk
risk management systematic application of management policies, procedures and practices to the
tasks of analyzing, evaluating, controlling and monitoring risk
risk management set of records and other documents that are produced by risk management
file
safety freedom from unacceptable risk
severity measure of the possible consequences of a hazard
E. Forms and Enclosures
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F. Process/ method:
1. Risk Management Team
Persons performing risk management tasks shall be
competent on the basis of education, training, skills and experience appropriate to the
tasks assigned to them.
have knowledge of and experience with the particular medical device (or similar
medical devices) and its use
identify, analyze and control all Risks raised from incoming material, intermediate
products, finished product and processes
4. Risk analysis
4.1 Risk analysis process
Titan Industries will perform risk analysis for the particular medical device and the results shall be
recorded in the risk management file.
The documentation of the conduct and results of the risk analysis shall include at least the following:
In these steps, the possible hazards related to the device are identified and an evaluation of the
scope of the risk for each hazard is done as a weighted possibility for hazard to be realized and
the level of severity if occurs.
The hazards possibility and severity and risk level are given as tables below:
The probability and the severity are coded according to the following table.
Risk levels:
Risk is the combination of the severity of harm and the probability of occurrence of that harm
Risk Level = severity x possibility
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5. Risk evaluation
For each identified hazardous situation, Titan Industries shall evaluate the estimated
risks and determine if the risk is acceptable or not, using the criteria for risk
acceptability defined in the risk management plan.
If the risk is acceptable, it is not required to apply Risk control and the estimated risk shall be
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- If the overall residual risk is not judged acceptable using the criteria established in the risk
management plan the manufacturer may gather and review data and literature to
determine if the medical benefits of the intended use outweigh the overall residual risk.
- If this evidence supports the conclusion that the medical benefits outweigh the overall
residual risk, then the overall residual risk can be judged acceptable. Otherwise, the
overall residual risk remains unacceptable.
- For an overall residual risk that is judged acceptable, the manufacturer shall decide which
information is necessary to include the accompanying documents in order to disclose the
overall residual risk.
- The result of the overall residual risk evaluation shall be recorded in the risk
management file.
- Compliance is checked by inspection of the risk management file and the accompanying
documents.
- When doing any modifications in Medical Device (production process and / or design),
when new standards are published applicable to Medical Device or applicable to
technology used for its production which may affect the risk of Medical Device, the risk
management would be reviewed to determine whether new risks may be identified.
A. References.
EN ISO 14971-2019
ISO/TR 24971
B. Change History.
Issue/modification date Issue/modification No. Description of modification
DD/MM/YY (1/0) First issue
C. Approvals
Name Position Signature / date
Prepared by
Reviewed by
Approved by