Title: good laboratory practice principles
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - good laboratory practice principles
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14721
Status: current

Definition
Fundamental rules incorporated in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines and national regulations concerned with the process of effective organization and the conditions under which laboratory studies are properly planned, performed, monitored, recorded, and reported.

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 891 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

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Citation: Citation: 'good laboratory practice principles' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14721
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