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{{Short description|Good practice guidelines and regulations}}
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[[File:Good hand-washing practice (Tanzania) (5600882575).jpg|thumb|right|Poster showing good [[Hand washing|hand-washing]] practice]]

A '''good practice''' is a [[Procedure (business)|procedure]] or set of procedures that are prescribed or accepted as being suitable or [[Effectiveness|effective]] within a given professional or commercial setting. They are used in [[Quality (business)|quality]] guidelines and regulations, including the [[pharma industry|pharmaceutical]] and [[food industries]], for example [[good agricultural practice]] (GAP) (see more examples below).

In general, '''GxP''' is a [[Placeholder name|placeholder]] abbreviation for the good practice within a particular field or fields, where the "x" can be substituted for the field(s) in question. GxP can also be used to refer to collections of quality guidelines.<ref>[https://www.ispe.org/gamp-good-practice-guide/gxp-compliant-laboratory-computerized-systems ISPE - GAMP® Good Practice Guide: A Risk-Based Approach to GxP Compliant Laboratory Computerized Systems]</ref>

To denote the '''current good practice''', a "c" or "C" is sometimes added to the front of the initialism ('''cGxP'''), which may hint that any good practice may be subject to future change. For example, "current [[good manufacturing practice]]" may be abbreviated "cGMP".

== Purpose ==
The purpose of the GxP quality guidelines is to ensure a product is safe and meets its intended use. GxP guides quality manufacture in regulated industries including food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.

The most central aspects of GxP are [[good documentation practice]]s (GDP), which are expected to be "ALCOA":<ref name="pharmaguddu">[https://pharmaguddu.com/alcoa-to-alcoa-plus-data-integrity/ ALCOA to ALCOA Plus and Data integrity » Pharmaguddu]</ref>

* '''A'''ttributable: Documents are attributable to an individual
* '''L'''egible: They are readable
* '''C'''ontemporaneously recorded: Not dated in the past ([[backdating]]) or the future ([[forward dating]]), but when the documented task is completed
* '''O'''riginal or a true copy: See also [[non-repudiation]]
* '''A'''ccurate: Accurately reflecting the activity documented
* '''P'''ermanent

The products that are the subject of the GxP are expected to be
* Traceability: The ability to reconstruct the development history of a drug or medical device.
* Accountability: The ability to resolve who has contributed what to the development and when.

GxPs require that a [[quality system]] be established, implemented, documented, and maintained. As explained above, [[documentation]] is a critical tool for ensuring GxP adherence. For more information, see [[good manufacturing practice]].

== Examples of GxPs ==
* [[Good agricultural and collection practices]], or GACP(s)
* [[Good agricultural practice]], or GAP
* [[Good auditing practice]], or GAP
* [[Good automated laboratory practice]], or GALP<ref>{{cite web |last=United States Environmental Protection Agency |author-link=United States Environmental Protection Agency |title=Good Automated Laboratory Practices - Principles and Guidance to Regulations for Ensuring Data Integrity in Automated Laboratory Operations |url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/ols/catalog/catalog_display.cfm?&FIELD1=SUBJECT&INPUT1=Automation&TYPE1=EXACT&item_count=45 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825093603/https://cfpub.epa.gov/ols/catalog/catalog_display.cfm?&FIELD1=SUBJECT&INPUT1=Automation&TYPE1=EXACT&item_count=45 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2021 |publisher=U.S. EPA, Office of Information Resources Management |access-date=25 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=K., Nitahara |title=Good Automated Laboratory Practices and other standards: validation of computer systems in the PC environment |date=Mar–Jun 1993 |volume=2 |issue=1–2 |pages=96–101 |journal=Qual Assur |pmid=8156229}}</ref>
* [[Good automated manufacturing practice]], or GAMP
* [[Good business practice]], or GBP
* [[Good cell culture practice]], or GCCP<ref>{{cite web|last= Coecke S.|title=Guidance on Good Cell Culture Practice| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7583114}}</ref>
* [[Good clinical data management practice]], or GCDMP
* [[Good clinical laboratory practice]], or GCLP
* [[Good clinical practice]], or GCP
* [[Good documentation practice]], or GDP, or GDocP (to distinguish from "good distribution practice")
* Good [[drug distribution|distribution]] practice, or GDP
* [[Good engineering practice]], or GEP
* [[Good financial practice]], or GFP
* [[Guidance document#Good guidance practice|Good guidance practice]], or GGP<ref name=appg>{{cite web| last =Food and Drug Administration| author-link =Food and Drug Administration| title =Administrative Practices and Procedures; Good Guidance Practices| website =[[Food and Drug Administration]]| year =2000| url =https://www.fda.gov/cder/audiences/iact/GGP.htm| access-date =10 April 2009| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090118041436/https://www.fda.gov/cder/audiences/iact/GGP.htm| archive-date =18 January 2009| df =dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=ggpd>{{cite web| last =Food and Drug Administration| author-link =Food and Drug Administration| title =Good Guidance Practices (GGP) Database| website =[[Food and Drug Administration]]| url =https://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ggpmain.html| access-date =10 April 2009| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090330133004/https://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ggpmain.html| archive-date =30 March 2009| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Good hygiene practice]], or GHP
* [[Good laboratory practice]], or GLP
* [[Good machine learning practice]], or GMLP
* [[Good management practice]], or GMP
* [[Good manufacturing practice]], or GMP
* [[Good microbiological practice]], or GMiP
* [[Good participatory practice]], or GPP
* [[Good pharmacovigilance practice]], or GPvP or even GVP
* [[Good pharmacy practice]], or GPP
* [[Good policing practice]], or GPP
* [[Good recruitment practice]], or GRP
* [[Good research practice]], or GRP
* [[Good safety practice]], or GSP
* [[Good storage practice]], or GSP
* [[Good tissue practice]], or GTP

== See also ==
* [[Best practice]], a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to alternatives because it tends to produce superior results
* [[European Medicines Agency]] (EMA), European Union agency evaluating and supervising pharmaceutical products
* [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA), a United States Food federal agency protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision
* [[International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use]] (ICH), initiative to bring together regulatory authorities and pharmaceutical industry
* [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD), intergovernmental organisation for stimulating economic progress and world trade through democracy, market economy, and good practices
* [[Pride of workmanship]], sense of having done good work, an element of job satisfaction
* [[Validation (drug manufacture)]], a documented process to ensure a product meets its required specifications and quality

== References ==
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