Well-written SOPs provide clear instructions, avoiding deviations. With a reduction in deviation, organizations can maintain compliance, deliver a quality product, and ensure patient safety.

Best practices for writing SOPS

Some basics to review: An SOP is a set of step-by-step instructions used to perform a specific routine operation. Its purpose is to ensure that people carry out the operations correctly and always in the same manner so there is efficiency, quality output, and uniformity of performance. It outlines who does what, when, and how to reduce miscommunication.

It is important that procedures are written from the perspective of end users. Here are guidelines to keep in mind: