Pathology and GLPs, Quality Control and Quality Assurance

Good laboratory practice (GLP) standards were authored by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure sound and repeatable non-clinical research. They set the standard by which studies are designed, conducted, and reported to assure reproducibility, accuracy, and consistency. Similar guidelines were developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and internationally, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and regulatory organizations in other countries. The main goal of GLP is to assure that studies produce data that are reliable, repeatable, auditable, and globally accepted.