Authors:

Tesfai Gebre-Kidan, MD, Ayele Zewde, MD

Publisher:

ITECH-Ethiopia

Date of Publication:

June 2005

ARC Catalog Number:

N/A

Description:

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) normally prepared for laboratories, factories, pharmaceuticals and pharmacies lays down the steps that must be followed in order to achieve accurate, reliable and safe result based on available scientific data and knowledge. Clinical practice being both science and art does not completely lend itself to be guided or directed according to SOP. Doing so would discourage innovations and safe short cuts. On the other hand, given the complex nature of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). SOP is required for certain important aspects of the care.