FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #1104 OF 1,932 MOST-CITED

Schedules and procedures for equipment & calibration

FDA cited this observation 15 times across 13 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.

BY PROGRAM AREA
Biologics15
BY FISCAL YEAR
FY20253
FY20241
FY20231
FY20221
FY20201
FY20191
FY20181
FY20173
FY20163

How FDA worded it — real examples

The standard operating procedure fails to include a written description of schedules and procedures for equipment maintenance and calibration.

The Blood Connection, Incorporated · Savannah, Georgia · Biologics · 2025-07-16

The standard operating procedure fails to include a written description of schedules and procedures for equipment maintenance and calibration.

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital · Dover, New Hampshire · Biologics · 2025-02-20

The standard operating procedure fails to include a written description of schedules and procedures for equipment maintenance and calibration.

Stanford Blood Center · Palo Alto, California · Biologics · 2024-11-26

The standard operating procedure fails to include a written description of schedules and procedures for equipment maintenance and calibration.

Savannah Health Services LLC · Savannah, Georgia · Biologics · 2024-06-12

The standard operating procedure fails to include a written description of schedules and procedures for equipment maintenance and calibration.

Veterans Administration Hospital Blood Bank · Fort Harrison, Montana · Biologics · 2023-08-09

The standard operating procedure fails to include a written description of schedules and procedures for equipment maintenance and calibration.

Savannah Health Services LLC · Savannah, Georgia · Biologics · 2022-08-30

Related SPEQ references

Where to read the requirements behind this observation area on SPEQ. These are SPEQ's topic and audience pages — not an FDA classification of the citation.

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