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preventive action

Standard

ECSS-S-ST-00-01C - Glossary of terms (1 October 2012)

Definition

action to eliminate the cause of a potential nonconformance or other undesirable potential situation

Notes

NOTE 1 There can be more than one cause for a potential non-conformance.
NOTE 2 Preventive action is taken to prevent occurrence whereas corrective action is taken to prevent recurrence.

Relations

ECSS-Q-ST-40C Rev.1 — cause
ECSS-Q-ST-30-09C — mean availability
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — nonconformance

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