Corrective and Preventative Action

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CAPA - Acronym for Corrective and Preventive Action.

   Action taken to eliminate the cause of the existing non-conformity to prevent its recurrence.

Preventive action:

   Action taken to eliminate the cause of potential non-conformity.

Both of these are prevention oriented.

The quick fix type actions are called as corrections

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Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) - definition(s)