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CROSSWALK

Part 820 → ISO 13485 Clause Crosswalk

A complete requirement-by-requirement mapping between the old FDA Quality System Regulation and the QMSR's ISO 13485 foundation. See what changed, what maps directly, and where the gaps tend to appear.

Design Controls

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.30(b)ISO 13485 7.3.2Design and Development PlanningView →
§820.30(c)ISO 13485 7.3.3Design and Development InputsView →
§820.30(e)ISO 13485 7.3.5Design and Development ReviewView →
§820.30(d)ISO 13485 7.3.4Design OutputsView →
§820.30(f)ISO 13485 7.3.6Design VerificationView →
§820.30(g)ISO 13485 7.3.7Design ValidationView →
§820.30(i)ISO 13485 7.3.8 / 7.3.9Design ChangesView →
§820.30(h)ISO 13485 7.3.9Design TransferView →
§820.30(j)ISO 13485 7.3Design History File (DHF)View →

Management Responsibility

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.20ISO 13485 5.6Management ReviewView →
§820.20ISO 13485 5.3Quality PolicyView →

Measurement & Improvement

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.90/820.198ISO 13485 8.5.2/8.5.3Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)View →
§820.198ISO 13485 8.2.2Complaint HandlingView →
§820.180 (now inspectable)ISO 13485 8.2.4Internal AuditView →
§820.90ISO 13485 8.3Nonconforming ProductView →
§820.198ISO 13485 8.2.1Feedback / Post-Market SurveillanceView →
§820.198ISO 13485 8.2.3Regulatory ReportingView →
§820.250ISO 13485 8.4Analysis of DataView →

Product Realization

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.50ISO 13485 7.4Supplier ManagementView →
§820.20(d)ISO 13485 7.1Product Realization Planning and Quality PlanView →
§820.198 / 820.100ISO 13485 7.2Customer Requirements and CommunicationView →

Production Controls

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.75ISO 13485 7.5.6Process ValidationView →
§820.45ISO 13485 7.5.1Labeling ControlsView →
§820.70ISO 13485 7.5.1Production Process Controls and Work InstructionsView →
§820.60 / 820.65ISO 13485 7.5.8 / 7.5.9Product Identification and TraceabilityView →
§820.130 / 820.140 / 820.150ISO 13485 7.5.11Product Preservation — Handling, Packaging, and StorageView →
§820.181 / 820.184ISO 13485 4.2.3Device Master Record (DMR) and Device History Record (DHR)View →
§820.80 / 820.86ISO 13485 8.2.4 / 7.4.3Acceptance Activities — Receiving, In-Process, and Finished Device ReleaseView →

Quality Management System

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.40ISO 13485 4.2.4Document ControlView →
§820.186ISO 13485 4.2.1 / 4.2.2Quality ManualView →

Quality System

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.35ISO 13485 4.2.5Records ControlView →
§820.184ISO 13485 4.2.3 / 4.2.5Control of RecordsView →

Resource Management

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.25ISO 13485 6.2Human Resources / TrainingView →
§820.70(g)ISO 13485 6.3Infrastructure and Equipment MaintenanceView →
§820.70(c)(d)ISO 13485 6.4Work Environment and Contamination ControlView →
§820.72ISO 13485 7.6Calibration — Control of Monitoring and Measuring EquipmentView →

Risk Management

Part 820 RefISO 13485 ClauseRequirementDetails
§820.30(g)ISO 13485 7.1Risk ManagementView →

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