As mentioned above, usually corrections and CAPAs go hand in hand. Corrections are immediately done to eliminate the non-conformity in real time. While CAPA’s, are steps taken to find the root cause of the non-conformity, document it and the necessary change to prevent the non-conformity from occurring again. Essentially, correction addresses the short term need and gets immediate attention, whereas corrective action is a long-term solution. However, if a nonconformity is an isolated incident with low risk, sometimes the company would decide that it would not make sense to put resources and invest time on understanding the root cause or performing a CAPA and that only correction is necessary.