Containment action form

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title: Containment action form
description: The containment action form lets you record details of products with quality issues and helps prevent their sale to new customers.
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Containment action form

The containment action form lets you record details of products with quality issues and helps prevent their sale to new customers.

<table id="table_rz3_psw_whc"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Number

</td><td>

Containment action number that is automatically generated. The number starts with CONT and incremented for every new report.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Remediation action plan

</td><td>

Definition of how to address issues such as non-compliance, process gaps, or contamination with clear steps.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Issue

</td><td>

Record for which the containment action must be performed.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Total actual cost

</td><td>

Total cost.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Implementation date

</td><td>

Date when the correction action must be implemented.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Validated date

</td><td>

Date when the actions were validated.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Priority

</td><td>

Severity of the containment action. Options are:-   Critical
-   High
-   Moderate
-   Low
-   Planning

</td></tr><tr><td>

State

</td><td>

State of the containment action:-   New
-   In review
-   In progress
-   Closed complete
-   Closed canceled
-   Closed incomplete

</td></tr><tr><td>

Table

</td><td>

Table name for which the containment action must be performed.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Remediation item

</td><td>

Remediation item record associated with the action.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Assignment group

</td><td>

Organizational units or teams responsible for handling specific tasks, cases, or issues

</td></tr><tr><td>

Assigned to

</td><td>

User to whom the containment action has been assigned.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Short description

</td><td>

Short note.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Detailed description of the containment action.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>**Parent Topic:**[Quality issue management form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/manufacturing/mco-qim-form.md)