WADA’s Athlete Biological Passport Operating Guidelines were approved by WADA’s Executive Committee on December 1, 2009, and took effect immediately.

This document provides an overview of the scientific principles behind the blood module of the Athlete Biological Passport and provides practical advice to anti-doping organizations on the implementation of such a program.

In addition, it includes mandatory requirements for collection, transportation, analysis of blood samples, and results management, that anti-doping organizations wishing to adopt WADA’s model will have to follow in order to ensure consistency of application and to comply with the World Anti-Doping Code and the related International Standards. These mandatory technical documents will be incorporated into WADA’s International Standard for Testing and International Standard for Laboratories.

The Athlete Biological Passport Operating Guidelines can be accessed from the Download Center.