21 CFR Part 212 · Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Positron Emission Tomography Drugs

§ 212.30 What requirements must my facilities and equipment meet?

Subpart D - Facilities and Equipment Official text on eCFR Amendment history

(a) Facilities. You must provide adequate facilities to ensure the orderly handling of materials and equipment, the prevention of mix-ups, and the prevention of contamination of equipment or product by substances, personnel, or environmental conditions that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on product quality.

(b) Equipment procedures. You must implement procedures to ensure that all equipment that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the identity, strength, quality, or purity of a PET drug, or give erroneous or invalid test results when improperly used or maintained, is clean, suitable for its intended purposes, properly installed, maintained, and capable of repeatedly producing valid results. You must document your activities in accordance with these procedures.

(c) Equipment construction and maintenance. Equipment must be constructed and maintained so that surfaces that contact components, in-process materials, or PET drugs are not reactive, additive, or absorptive so as to alter the quality of PET drugs.

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What FDA inspectors cite under § 212.30

Form FDA 483 observations citing this section, fiscal years 2013–2026 (Drugs).

  • Orderly handling, prevention of mix-ups, prevention of contamination 34
  • Equipment procedures 29
  • Prevention of contamination 6
  • Equipment procedures overall 5
  • Contact surfaces 4
  • Equipment not suitable 3

Warning letters citing § 212.30

6 FDA warning letters since 2017 cite this section :

FDA guidance that cites § 212.30

Amendment history

Federal Register documents that created or amended this section.