1.0 Purpose: The purpose of this procedure is to ensure adequate control on the documents that are applicable to all sections functioning in the maintenance of the quality system of the organization. This procedure has provisions for the following type of controls.
Review, Approve and issuance of control documents Indication of control on the documents o Indication of effective date Maintaining a list of documents with it’s distribution Approvals of amendments Maintenance of Document Amendment Record Issue of amended copies Indication of amended status and effective date of amendments Removal of obsolete documents at the point of issue and at the point of use Issue procedure for soiled , damaged or lost documents.
2.0 Scope: The scope of the procedure covers the master list of procedures, work Instructions and all the records and formats maintained by the various functional heads involed in the Implementation of the quality system of the organization.
3.0 Responsibility: It is the responsibility of the Head of each functional area to ensure that the procedures are Implemented and followed.