It is not unusual for a monitor to come across upwards of a dozen Notes-to-file at a monitoring visit. At some sites it can seem as though the art of the Note-to-file is perfected as a Magic Eraser with regard to explaining away regulatory discrepancies. The regulatory purist in me shudders at this practice; but at my last monitoring visit, I stepped out of my normal comfort zone and recommended that my site staff colleagues compose several Notes-to-file to document resolution efforts that would otherwise be doomed to follow-up item purgatory. A Note-to-file should not be the immediate solution to a nagging regulatory issue, but there are several instances that can elevate this documentation tactic to preferred status.