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  • Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
  • 21 CFR Part 58 — Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) for Nonclinical Laboratories
  • OSHA Laboratory Safety Training
  • Laboratory Management Systems ISO/IEC 17025:2017
  • Computer System Validation - Validation, Data Integrity & Compliance (GAMP 5 & Annex 11)
  • Qualification Validation Training
  • Cleaning Validation
  • ISO 9001:2015 - Quality Management System for Pharmaceuticals

About

Good Laboratory Practice: Clinical (GLP Clinical) is a quality framework that promotes the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of laboratory data generated from clinical studies. It helps ensure that laboratory processes are conducted consistently, documented appropriately, and aligned with regulatory and quality requirements.
This course covers Good Laboratory Practice: Clinical (English) principles, laboratory quality systems, documentation practices, sample management, data integrity, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. Upon successful completion, learners receive a certificate demonstrating their understanding of clinical laboratory best practices and quality standards.

Who Should Enrol?

  • Clinical Laboratory Scientists and Technicians
  • Laboratory Managers and Supervisors
  • Quality Assurance and Quality Control Professionals
  • Clinical Research and Healthcare Professionals
  • Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Personnel
  • Regulatory Affairs Professionals
  • Medical Laboratory and Life Science Graduates
  • Anyone seeking clinical laboratory quality and compliance training

What you will learn

Understand Good Laboratory Practice: Clinical principles, laboratory quality systems, documentation practices, sample management, data integrity, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance.

Learn standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality assurance processes, and auditing practices for laboratory compliance.

Develop knowledge of clinical laboratory processes, patient confidentiality, informed consent, and data handling practices.

Gain understanding of equipment management, computerised systems, and data archiving requirements in clinical research laboratories.

Course Syllabus

  1. What Is Good Clinical Laboratory Practice?
  2. Aren’t Clinical Trials Performed to GCP?
  3. Why Not Use GLP?
  4. The Origins of GCLP
  5. UK Legislation and Guidance
  6. EU Legislation and Guidance
  7. Non-EU Legislation and Guidance

  1. Facilities
  2. Organisation: Introduction
  3. Organisation: Laboratory Management
  4. Organisation: Scientific Analysis
  5. Organisation: Quality Assurance
  6. Organisation: Reporting
  7. Organisation: Archiving
  8. Personnel

  1. Contracts and Agreements
  2. Agreements with Suppliers

  1. Introduction
  2. Standard Operating Procedures

  1. Planning
  2. What If Activities Seriously Diverge from the Protocol, Plan, or Contract?
  3. What If Activities Diverge from Laboratory SOPs?
  4. Activities and Processes I
  5. Activities and Processes II: Forward Planning
  6. Activities and Processes III: Security of the Chain
  7. Activities and Processes IV: Maintaining Confidentiality
  8. Activities and Processes V: Storage
  9. Activities and Processes VI: Analysis
  10. Reporting

  1. Unexpected Results
  2. Privacy
  3. Informed Consent
  4. Blinding

  1. Equipment
  2. Computerised Systems

  1. Introduction

  1. Introduction
  2. Audit

  1. Introduction

  1. References and Links

  1. Glossary of Terms

Course Benefits

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CPD Points

Gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points, accredited by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. These can be used to count towards the distance learning element of any scheme that comes under the umbrella of The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges or any other scheme for which there is mutual recognition.

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Certification

Receive a personal certificate to show your subject knowledge on course completion.

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Affordable

You get excellent value through our cost-effective prices. We can also offer you group discounts on larger purchases.

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Flexibility

The course saves you time through the convenience of online availability. This lets you complete the interactive course at your own comfort.

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Keep Up to Date

You will stay up to date with any legislative changes in GCLP as our training courses are constantly monitored, reviewed and updated.

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Learn from Industry Experts

The course content has been developed to ensure that you comply with GCLP legislation through the application of learning outcomes. The course is written by Louise Handy, who is a past chairperson for the Research Quality Assurance (RQA)


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