title: Standard operating procedures for clinical research departments.
abstract: A set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) provides a clinical research department with clear roles, responsibilities, and processes to ensure compliance, accuracy, and timeliness of data. SOPs also serve as a standardized training program for new employees. A practice may have an employee that can assist in the development of SOPs. There are also consultants that specialize in working with a practice to develop and write practice-specific SOPs. Making SOPs a priority will save a practice time and money in the long run and make the research practice more attractive to corporate study sponsors.
authors.affiliation: BMKConsultants, 1611 Carroll Avenue, #1, Saint Paul, MN 55104, USA. ashley@bmkconsultants.com
authors.forename: Ashley Nichole
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kee
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States