Why is Data Integrity Compliance Important?
Data quality determines the possibility for companies to guarantee the quality of their products. Data records are the only proof that our G.x.P. processes are performed according to the quality standards.
By ensuring the integrity of data and records, not only do you help to protect the patients who use our products, but you also contribute to safeguarding our company as a whole and the people who work here. By contributing to Data Integrity, you are helping to ensure the quality of the product released by the company.
While some data integrity breaches are intentional, most data integrity failures are accidents that might have been prevented if team members were more aware of the possible, unintended consequences of failure to maintain data integrity.
Unwanted Outcomes
It’s important to remember there are many unwanted outcomes that might happen as a result of data integrity issues. These consequences can be extremely damaging to a company’s reputation and commercial success. In addition to company impacts, intentionally falsifying data could be grounds for immediate dismissal of the colleague(s) involved from the company.
Product recalls and/or market withdrawals can create shortages and reduce patient access, as well as have a serious financial impact on the company.
One thing to note is that industries that focus on data integrity are typically unique in that their customers, who are often patients, can’t determine the quality or safety of the products simply by looking at them on the surface.
Patients can’t look at certain products, such as medicine or medical devices, and evaluate the quality of the product the way they can with other products, such as food, clothes, or furniture.