ABSTRACT
Part 1. Laboratory Notebooks and Data Recording ........................................................................19 I. General Guidelines .................................................................................................................20 II. Title and Date .........................................................................................................................21 III. Purpose or Objectives Statement ...........................................................................................21 IV. Data Entries ............................................................................................................................22 V. Results.....................................................................................................................................22 VI. Conclusion ..............................................................................................................................22
Part 2. Guidelines for the Report Memo.........................................................................................23 I. General Guidelines .................................................................................................................24 II. The Heading ...........................................................................................................................24 III. The Content ............................................................................................................................24 IV. Closing Signature ...................................................................................................................24 V. Example ..................................................................................................................................25
This part presents the I.O.N.S. guidelines for laboratory notebooks and data recording. These guidelines contain statements identical to those found in the federal regulations for laboratory notebooks and data recording as given in the Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 21, Part 58, and Chapter 40, Part 160. Chapter 21, Part 58 regulates laboratories governed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Chapter 40, Part 160 regulates laboratories governed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These regulations have come to be known as the Good Laboratory Practices regulations or GLP. The GLP statement relating to laboratory notebooks and data recording is given in Figure 2.1.
