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Valid only on Print Date (Opinions Requested)
All hard copy procedures at this company have a statement in the footer, "This Paper Copy Valid Only on Print Date". This has given me a problem since I've been here (9 months). The explaination is that the user of the procedure "verifies" on the intranet that his/her copy is the latest revision before using it on other than the print date.
Recently I conducted an audit and found two procedures being used that had been printed on a previous day. I found no documentation that they were indeed "verified", neither operator even claimed to have done so and one didn't even know where to find the procedures on the net. I considered this a pretty serious finding and for the umpteenth time suggested that perhaps this method of document control should be done away with. I believe that if this is used there must be some documentation of the "verification", initials, stamp, drops of blood etc. Needless to say, the Corporate VP of Quality (his system) disagrees.
Opinions Please
All hard copy procedures at this company have a statement in the footer, "This Paper Copy Valid Only on Print Date". This has given me a problem since I've been here (9 months). The explaination is that the user of the procedure "verifies" on the intranet that his/her copy is the latest revision before using it on other than the print date.
Recently I conducted an audit and found two procedures being used that had been printed on a previous day. I found no documentation that they were indeed "verified", neither operator even claimed to have done so and one didn't even know where to find the procedures on the net. I considered this a pretty serious finding and for the umpteenth time suggested that perhaps this method of document control should be done away with. I believe that if this is used there must be some documentation of the "verification", initials, stamp, drops of blood etc. Needless to say, the Corporate VP of Quality (his system) disagrees.
Opinions Please