The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7271 p545
18 October 2003

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SOPs

Writing SOPs — a chore or a challenge?

From Mr T. H. Spence, MRPharmS

Think in pictures — Kodak once used this slogan to promote popular photography.

What an opportunity for the present day procedure-writer. Armed with a digital camera, a mild analytical talent and a modest computer he or she will be able to create an illustrated database which would more than cover the immediate requirements of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (PJ, 4 October, p443).

Moreover it will form a foundation for linking future standard operating procedures, recording updates and documenting deviations which inevitably occur; staff-training, too. The scope is tremendous.

Writing SOPs can indeed be fun. Try compiling procedures which address the domestic scene!

Thomas Spence
Llanfairfechan, Gwynedd

Writing SOPs is not fun

From Mr T. Maddison, MRPharmS

Ten things to enjoy this weekend:

1. A long walk across the lakeland fells
2. A nice bottle of wine
3. The last mowing of the lawn this year
4. Listening to Charlie Mingus
5. A meal at the local bistro
6. A clear autumnal morning
7. Watching England beat South Africa at rugby
8. Working off the week’s frustrations at the gym
9. Watching the sunset over the hills
10. Writing standard operating procedures

Thanks for the final suggestion, PJ, but I don’t think so!

T. G. Maddison
Lancaster, Lancashire

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