ECA Guidance on Visual Inspection of Parenterals
Recommendation
Thursday, 12 February 2026 9 .00 - 17.00 h
Best Practice for Manual and Automated Visual Inspection of Parenterals
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Participants of the Online ECA Training Fundamentals of Visual Inspection, 12 February 2026, will receive the latest version of ECA's Guidance Document on Visual Inspection of Parenterals. The document, which was developed by the Board of ECA's Visual Inspection Group, covers Manual and Automated Inspection. Compared to other documents, the objective of the ECA guidance is to make compliance requirements feasible under the technical conditions of visual inspection. The document contains the following chapters:
- Manual inspection
- Semi-automated inspection
- Automated inspection
- Inspection of difficult-to-inspect units
- Defect Classes
- Evaluation of defect classes and trending
- Batch release
- Concerns regarding distributed product
- Definitions
All participants will receive the Guide via download. Please find more information in the programme. More information about the ECA Visual Inspection Group can be found on the ECA Visual Inspection website.
