Completely revised and updated, this second edition of a classic handbook provides templates of SOPs ready for immediate adaptation to readers' requirements, allowing them to benchmark their existing SOPs against an internationally accepted set of SOPs. It includes a CD-ROM containing an electronic copy of each of the SOPs and forms in the handbook so that readers can easily modify the text to reflect their organization's processes. The language ranges from the specific to the very general, depending on the activity described and the number of the existing regulations governing it. The handbook gives readers a starting point for the development of their company or institution's SOPs.