We had a surprise inspection last week, and the auditor flagged our lack of documentation for some consumables — like how and when they’re opened, even gloves. I honestly had no idea we needed to record that level of detail. Anyone dealing with this kind of compliance headache?

Yep, we went through that last year. They especially grilled us during a project on the phases of meiosis because we were handling human samples. We switched to a simple logbook system — just date, item opened, and initials. Nothing fancy, but it shows intent and tracking. Some suppliers even provide templates to help with compliance, which was a bonus.

Always wild how regulations sneak up on you in the most basic parts of the workflow. Documentation for gloves? Didn’t know that was even a thing until now.