2021 - If it Isn't Written Down, then it Didn't Happen: Complying with FDA's Good Documentation Practices

Overview:
Good documentation practice (commonly abbreviated GDP, recommended to abbreviate as GDocP to distinguish from "good distribution practice" also abbreviated GDP) is a term in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries to describe standards by which documents are created and maintained.
In a pharmaceutical or medical device environment documentation needs to meet certain requirements to ensure product quality and product safety.
Documentation provides both:
Information on when, where, who, why and how to complete tasks, and
Evidence proving that the tasks have been completed as they should be