Preventive action is a quality management activity that identifies and removes the cause of a potential nonconformity, defect, or undesirable situation before it occurs. In life-science documentation it appears in CAPA procedures, risk management files, and documented quality planning records, often paired with corrective action but focused on anticipating and preventing potential future problems rather than reacting to existing ones.
Preventive action content appears in CAPA registers, compliance risk assessments, quality plans, and management review documentation. Translators often encounter it when localizing quality manuals, audit checklists, supplier questionnaires, and final audit responses, where consistent rendering is needed to show that the site anticipates risks and acts before potential nonconformances occur.
A common error is merging preventive action with corrective action under one vague term such as “整改措施.” That erases the forward-looking nature of the record and can make a documented CAPA file appear to lack systematic proactive risk control, especially when auditors review whether potential failures were addressed before occurrence.
FDA, CE/MDR and NMPA reviewers assess the submitted wording itself. Regulatory bodies require traceable, accountable translation, and an inconsistent term can delay or fail a submission.
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