Production Qualification (PQ)

Production Qualification (PQ) is part of the qualification process in pharmaceutical water treatment and refers to the verification and documentation that the actual production of high-purity water or pharmaceutical water meets the specified requirements and consistently produces high-quality water.

During the Production Qualification, the actual production processes, procedures, and operations are reviewed and evaluated to ensure they comply with the established quality standards. This typically includes:

Verification of production processes, performance testing, process validation, documentation.