What is correction corrective action and preventive action?
Also asked, what is difference between corrective action and preventive action?
A corrective action deals with a nonconformity that has occurred, and a preventive action addresses the potential for a nonconformity to occur. Many ISO 9000 registrar auditors tell their clients to use separate procedures and forms to document each type of action.
Subsequently, one may also ask, how do you do corrective and preventive action?
Here is the main difference between the two:
- Corrective Action: Elimination of the cause or causes of an existing nonconformity or undesirable situation in order to prevent recurrence.
- Preventive Action: Identification and elimination of the cause(s) of potential nonconformities in order to prevent occurrence.
Corrective Action: the action taken to eliminate the causes of an existing nonconformity, defect or other undesirable situation in order to prevent recurrence. Preventive Action: action taken to eliminate the cause of a potential nonconformity, defect, or other undesirable situation in order to prevent occurrence.