Quality Assessment Support System for Alarm Prioritization in Pharmaceutical Plant Operations

Pharmaceutical manufacturing is distinct as it has a number of quality standards being met to make sure that the products are effective and safe. Alarms help to make sure that critical parameters stay on a specific range and quality attributes are met. In this study, quality HAZOP is used for alarm prioritization that helps a simulated pharmaceutical process maintain acceptable alarm rates that will allow operators respond better on process upsets. It was seen in the simulation that a decrease in average alarm rates and peak alarm rates upon employing this method. In this way, quality HAZOP can also be used to train operators to respond quickly and better, especially on novel processes being developed.