Source documents include hospital records, lab printouts, ECGs, signed consent forms, pharmacy records, and investigator notes. Data in the CRF must be traceable to source documents (ALCOA principles).
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Glossary Term
Source Documents
Clinical Operations
Also known as: source data, source records
Original records of clinical findings, observations, and other activities in a trial, used for reconstructing and evaluating the trial.
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