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Aseptic Gowning Qualification Record

Qualification record for operators entering grade A and B: training completed, a visual check of every grade B gown element, microbial results at glove prints, forearms, chest and hood against the Annex 1 Table 6 limits, aseptic process simulation participation, the qualified scope and the annual reassessment date.

What a template is not

A template is a document baseline to adapt inside your own quality system. SPEQ does not approve, validate, or take responsibility for what you issue from it, and using one is not evidence of compliance.

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HOW TO FILL THIS IN
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REGULATIONS MAPPED
EU GMP Annex 1 (2022)
DOCUMENT TYPE
Record
LAST UPDATED
October 2026
PURPOSE

The record that an operator may enter grade A and B areas unsupervised. EU GMP Annex 1 (2022) restricts that access to people who have passed a visual and microbial gowning assessment and taken part in a successful aseptic process simulation, and requires reassessment at least annually. This record captures each element so the qualification can be shown, not asserted.

What's Inside

✓Operator, requested scope and qualification type
✓Training completed, including review of airflow visualisation studies
✓Visual assessment of each grade B gown element
✓Microbial results at glove prints, forearms, chest and hood against Annex 1 Table 6
✓Aseptic process simulation participation
✓Qualified scope, reassessment date and disqualification triggers

How to Use It

1Complete training before the assessment and record it.
2Observe a full gowning against the written procedure and record each check.
3Sample the locations listed and compare with the limits; repeat for the number of sessions the site procedure requires.
4Record APS participation before granting unsupervised access.
5Set the reassessment date no more than a year ahead and review disqualification triggers with the operator.
6If an operator is disqualified, record the retraining and a fresh assessment before access to grade A or B work is restored.
DOCUMENT CONTENTS

The full section structure of this template — every section and sub-section, so you can use it as a baseline for your own site document.

—Document Control
› Document Information› Approval Signatures› Revision History› Distribution List
1Operator and Scope
2Training Completed
3Visual Gowning Assessment
4Microbial Assessment
5Aseptic Process Simulation Participation
6Outcome and Requalification
AAppendix A — Approval
REGULATORY CONTEXT

EU GMP Annex 1 (2022) sets the training content (7.3), annual visual and microbial reassessment at locations such as gloved fingers, forearms, chest and hood (7.4), the APS condition for unsupervised access (7.4), disqualification on adverse monitoring trends or a failed APS (7.6), the grade B garments (7.13) and the grade B action limits for contact plates and glove prints (Table 6). The number of qualifying sessions is not set by the Annex; it is the site’s decision. The record structure is SPEQ practitioner synthesis.

MAPPED STANDARDS
EU GMP Annex 1 (2022)
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