Standard Operating Procedures

SOP

Preparation ,implementation and Maintenance of SOPs

Josephine Mgaya
 Outline
• Introduction
• Benefits
• Responsibility
• Methodology
• Example
 Introduction
• SOP is the abbreviation stated as Standard
Operating Procedures.
• This SOP of Sops is mainly to describe the
preparation, implementation and maintenance
of all the Sops within our project settings.
• Is a set of written instructions that document a
routine or repetitive actitivity is followed in any
organization.
 Importance
• Why do we need to have SOPs
 Provide people with all the safety, health, operational
information to perform work properly
 Ensure processes continue uninterrupted and are
completely on a prescribed schedule
 Ensure approved procedures are followed in compliance
with the study regulations
 Serve as a training document for teaching users
 Serve as historical record of how, when, and why the
procedures exist
 Responsibility
• All staff
• Students and visiting workers
• All section heads be responsible to supervise
the writings and updates of sops for all
activities within their sections.
 Methodology/procedures
• Standards to be met
 Serve as reference material or procedural
standards
 Must be understandable to all personnel
 No unofficial changes should made.
 Meth…….
• Procedure
 Identification table
 Purpose
 Scope
 Specimen
 Materials/reagents
 Procedure
 Appendices and references
 Meth….
• Sop cycle
1. New sop
2. Updated of sop
3. Archiving of sop
4. Distribution of sop
 Reference
1. Kumar,S. Standard operating procedures-
Back bone of pharmaceutical industries.
2008.vol6.iss 5.
2. Scd study -Sop of Sops
 Ahsanteni

Now lets do an example!