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The most effective guideline to perform the risk assessment is ICH Q9., where given the
appropriate methodology for risk assessment. Risk Assessment is most effective tool to identify
the risk evaluation of process operation, operation procedure, analysis procedure, control
parameters, production failure, equipment failure etc.
What are the basic question to be ask for risk identification, evaluation and prevent
What might be wrong in process?
What is the probability to go wrong?
What are the possibilities of the consequences?
Risk identification:
It is a systematic use of information to find out the hazards which referring to the risk or
problem. Risk identification can be done based on the historical data, theoretical analysis data,
collect the information from direct concerned personnel who are perform the activity, which
need to evaluate the risk.
Risk Analysis:
To make the effective qualitative or quantitative system or analysis tools, which give the help to
identify the defect in process or like hood occurrence? The analysis tools must have the
capability to detect, management and control on identified risk.
Risk Evaluation:
To compare the identified and analyzed risk against the risk criteria. Risk assessment to be
either a quantitative estimate of risk or a qualitative description of range of risk. Risk can be
determined as “Significant”, “Minor”, “Moderate”, “Major” and “Catastrophic” or “High”,
“Medium” and “Low”. Risk assessment can be done based on the RPN number “Risk
Probability Number”. In RPN, methodology, each risk category to be define in ascending
number as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 1, 2 and 3 as respective above categories.
Equation for Risk Assessment: Risk = consequences or like hood x RPN of severity
(Maximum is 5 x 5 = 25)
If the identified risk is fall significant, then risk of severity shall be as 1, which indicate the risk
to be very less. If the identified risk is fall Catastrophic, then risk of severity shall be as 5, which
indicate the risk to be very high, hence the preventive action to be taken to reduce the
consequences of identified risk. Finally submission to be done for all identified consequences to
get the cumulative RPN number. Calculated RPN number should not be more than 25. if it is,
then strong corrective action to be taken to prevent or reduce the risk.