Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): How to Write Them to Be Effective Tools

Gough, Janet; Hamrell, Michael R.

doi:10.1177/009286151004400410

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“…SOPs help to ensure reliable reproducibility for repetitive processes (5). These reference documents provide a framework for organizational policies along with documentation of a variety of best practices from management issues to consistent laboratory practices (10)(11)(12)(13). SOPs are especially essential for SRLs with multiple employees to ensure consistency across different procedures such as training, policies, QC, and biosafety.…”

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International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) flow cytometry shared resource laboratory (SRL) best practices

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The purpose of this document is to define minimal standards for a flow cytometry shared resource laboratory (SRL) and provide guidance for best practices in several important areas. This effort is driven by the desire of International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) members in SRLs to define and maintain standards of excellence in flow cytometry, and act as a repository for key elements of this information (e.g. example SOPs/training material, etc.). These best practices are not intended to define specifically how to implement these recommendations, but rather to establish minimal goals for an SRL to address in order to achieve excellence. It is hoped that once these best practices are established and implemented they will serve as a template from which similar practices can be defined for other types of SRLs. Identification of the need for best practices first occurred through discussions at the CYTO 2013 SRL Forum, with the most important areas for which best practices should be defined identified through several surveys and SRL track workshops as part of CYTO 2014. © 2016 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.

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Section: Why Are Sops Necessary?mentioning

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International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) flow cytometry shared resource laboratory (SRL) best practices

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“…Similarly, VL muscle architecture (most experienced ¼ 3 years; novice ¼ 3 months), and the clinical 6MWT and STS tests (most experienced ¼ 2 years; novice ¼ 3 months) were evaluated by two different raters in a similar way. Standard operating procedures were developed to systematize the procedures for data collection among the raters (Gough and Hamrell, 2010). All data collections were performed in one month.…”

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Reliability of knee extensor neuromuscular structure and function and functional tests’ performance

Lanferdini

Sonda

Paz

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Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

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Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the intra and inter-rater and inter-analyzer reliability of neuromuscular variables and functional tests. Methods: Cross-sectional crossover design. Two independent raters and analyzers evaluated twenty-two healthy subjects. Knee-extensor strength was assessed from three maximal voluntary isometric contractions. Muscle activation was obtained from the vastus lateralis (VL), rectus femoris (RF), and vastus medialis (VM) muscles. VL and RF muscles' architecture [fascicle length (FL), pennation angle (PA), muscle thickness (MT)] was obtained at rest by ultrasound. The time from five sit-to-stand (STS) trials, and the distance from the 6-min walk test (6MWT) were obtained. Intraclass correlation coefficient was determined and classified as strong (r ¼ 0.75e1.00), moderate (r ¼ 0.40e0.74), and weak (r < 0.40). Results: Strong intra-rater reliability values were observed for strength (r ¼ 0.97), muscle activation [VL (r ¼ 0.91

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“…The content of the SOP should provide sufficient information to be understandable by all the consortium members but at the same time has to be concise enough to provide a maximum of reading clarity [12] [13]. Long sentences should be avoided and meaningful examples can be included.…”

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Managing Operating Procedures in Distributed Collaborative Projects

Hool

Ollivier

Roubert

2013

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Abstract. In recent years, large distributed collaborative projects have become very prominent in scientific research, allowing exchanges between laboratories located in different institutions and countries and between various domains of competence. Particularly the work on nanotoxicity -a field which has only been under investigation for a few years and is still lacking regulatory framework -highlighted the need for well-controlled methods, as well as rules for the handling and disposal of used materials. To obtain comparable and reproducible results of experiments conducted in a distributed context, the standardisation and proper documentation of the applied methods is crucial. The European project NanoDiaRA, whose aim is to develop nanoparticles and biomarkers for the early diagnosis of inflammatory disease, faces this situation as it involves 15 European partners and brings together different scientific cultures and professional backgrounds. Protocols especially developed for Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and a management system were designed and implemented within the NanoDiaRA project to fulfil those needs. The main goals were the establishment of standardised Standard Operating Procedures assuring transparency and reproducibility and the provision of access to these protocols to every project partner, as well as their clear allocation to carry out precise measurements and production steps.

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Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): How to Write Them to Be Effective Tools

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) flow cytometry shared resource laboratory (SRL) best practices

International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) flow cytometry shared resource laboratory (SRL) best practices

Reliability of knee extensor neuromuscular structure and function and functional tests’ performance

Managing Operating Procedures in Distributed Collaborative Projects

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