Acronym for Corrective and Preventive Action.
Corrective 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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