# Verbex lab documentation templates

Sixteen free templates for the documentation a bench scientist has to produce. Each has a Markdown version (below) and an editable Word or Excel file; no account or email is needed for single templates. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Verbex). All of them in one download: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/lab-documentation-pack

## Protocols and SOPs

- [Master Protocol Template](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/master-protocol.md): Writing up a method so another person can run it and get your result. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Master-Protocol-Template.docx
- [GLP-Style SOP](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/glp-sop.md): Formalising a routine operation, with approval routing and training records. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-GLP-SOP-Template.docx
- [Protocol Change Control](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/protocol-change-control.md): Changing a released document without losing the audit trail. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Protocol-Change-Control.docx

## Bench workbooks (Excel, live formulas)

- [Buffer & Solution Prep Calculator](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/buffer-solution-calculator.md): Dilutions, weigh-outs, percent solutions, dilution series, and a dated prep log. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Buffer-Solution-Calculator.xlsx
- [Chemical Inventory & SDS Tracker](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/chemical-inventory-sds.md): What you hold, where it is, when it expires, and whether the SDS is current. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Chemical-Inventory-SDS-Tracker.xlsx
- [Sample & Freezer Inventory](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/sample-freezer-inventory.md): Finding a tube, tracking its lineage, and counting its freeze-thaw cycles. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Sample-Freezer-Inventory.xlsx
- [qPCR Master Mix Calculator & Plate Map](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/qpcr-master-mix-plate-map.md): Mix volumes with excess, a 96-well map, cycling record and standard-curve check. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-qPCR-MasterMix-PlateMap.xlsx

## Records and compliance

- [Lab Notebook Entry](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/lab-notebook-entry.md): Recording a day's work so it holds up later, with an ALCOA+ check and a witness block. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Lab-Notebook-Entry.docx
- [Experiment Plan](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/experiment-plan.md): Designing the experiment (controls, replicates, success criteria) before reagents are used. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Experiment-Plan.docx
- [Deviation & Troubleshooting Log](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/deviation-troubleshooting-log.md): Recording what went wrong, why, and whether the data survives it. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Deviation-Troubleshooting-Log.docx
- [Risk Assessment](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/risk-assessment.md): Assessing an activity before it runs: exposure routes, who is at risk, residual risk rating. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Risk-Assessment.docx
- [Training & Competence Record](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/training-competence-record.md): Who has been trained on what, and when it next falls due. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Training-Competence-Record.xlsx

## Equipment and culture

- [Equipment SOP](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/equipment-sop.md): Operating, cleaning and maintaining an instrument, including out-of-tolerance handling. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Equipment-SOP.docx
- [Calibration & Maintenance Log](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/calibration-maintenance-log.md): Calibration due dates, pass/fail records, and out-of-tolerance events. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Calibration-Maintenance-Log.xlsx
- [Cell Culture Records](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/cell-culture-records.md): Passage numbers, mycoplasma and authentication dates, cryo inventory, medium prep. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Cell-Culture-Records.xlsx
- [Routine Monitoring & Check Logs](https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/routine-monitoring-logs.md): Daily temperatures, pre-use equipment checks, autoclave cycles, cryogen levels. Editable file: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/templates/files/Verbex-Routine-Monitoring-Logs.xlsx