FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #1078 OF 1,932 MOST-CITED
Equipment kept clean
FDA cited this observation 15 times across 15 firms in recent inspections. Below: how it breaks down by program area and fiscal year, and real examples of how FDA worded it on Form FDA 483.
What this grouping is not
An observation-type page groups FDA’s published citation records. The grouping, the compliance steps and the root causes are SPEQ synthesis, not an FDA classification of any citation, and a count measures what FDA published rather than risk.
How FDA worded it — real examples
Failure to keep all equipment clean.
Failure to keep all equipment clean.
Failure to keep all equipment clean.
Failure to keep all equipment clean.
Failure to keep all equipment clean.
Failure to keep all equipment clean.
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