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Statistical Method for Trending of Excursions in Clean Room Microbiological Monitoring Data

K. Rao Gurijala and Andrew Barnett
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology September 2021, 75 (5) 407-424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2020.011791
K. Rao Gurijala
NSF Health Sciences, Washington, DC
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NSF Health Sciences, Washington, DC
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    • Introduction
    • Determination of Action and Alert Levels Based on Historical Data
    • Rationale for Using Percentile Method to Determine Action and Alert Levels
    • Definition of Adverse Trends
    • Determination of Adverse Trends in Quarterly and Annual Trend Analyses
    • Determination of Adverse Trends at the Onset of an Excursion Result
    • Type I and Type II Errors
    • Trend Rules Based on Binomial Probability
    • Ongoing Processes
    • Mature Processes
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