The first thing I got back home after a tiring day was to left my document bag aside and switched on my lappie. Logged into facebook, I saw numerous updates from my friends who are having their internship in hospitals and medical laboratories. Their wall post is the elation itself. EDTA, troponin t, etc. we have learned a lot of things in the previous semester, and now we have the chance to experience the real deal.
I got assigned to the QA and QC (quality control and quality assurance) department of ecolite biotech manufacturing sdn bhd. On the office table where I was assigned to, laid a stack of papers with powerpoint in handouts. Upon seeing that, there I was, guessing that this would be the notes I have to grind early in the morning. True enough, I was told to go through them. HACCP, GMP, IPQC… the list goes on. The first thing i did after a short briefing by a staff was to visit the production plant of the factory. It was kinda huge, though not gigantic. So many chambers, so many machines, I started seeing stars after 5 minutes while trying hard to remember the entire landmark within the premise itself.
After the sightseeing, my first task of the day – to sort out all the documents and certificates of calibration of equipments of the production plant. I was given a stack of lists of machines (I think the font size was about 10 or less, maybe 7 or 8 >.<) and a thick file with all the certificates in it. That was not all of it, after torturing my eyes with the small fonts; I have to go through 7 or 8 of thick files with all the labels of the company’s products.
The next thing was all about quality control. Lots of stuff till my mind was saturated to a point that I could not take in another piece of information given by the person in charge. All the products, herbs, batching system, procedures of quality control starting from receiving order from goods delivery to the end product were like putting all the cars in Malaysia in the PLUS highway – congestion. I did not have time to copy a thing and everything she said, a few, well you could say that most of it slipped out of my mind and what was left is in my mind. That was all I get, hopefully I remember them well.
With a call from the store, off to the store to inspect a batch of goods – bottles, caps and miscellaneous items (some of them are stranger to me, was wondering what were they). How I wish they would fix air-con in store room as well. Together with the senior staffs, we have to examined the goods on the spot. samples were taken from the goods, and the number of samples taken were based on the amount of goods delivered to the store. that was not the end of it. QC involves the measuring of each types of items, including the measurement of height, diameter, etc of the item with digital caliper. it was not hard, but with all the tedious procedure and the desire to obtain the accuracy, even the easiest task can be challenging too. I did not manage to finish all the measurement, and then the time was up. awww, time for home :D
unlike my other friends in hospitals and medical labs, i did not deal with blood, urine, or even stool. what i did has nothing got to do with my course of study directly. i feel proud because i was exposed to different things, new things! i am looking forward to tomorrow's testing of water quality in the production plant. ♥
stay tune for more =)
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