The phrase "agree on a protocol" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the establishment of a set of rules or procedures that parties consent to follow in a particular context.
Example: "Before we proceed with the project, we need to agree on a protocol for communication and decision-making."
Alternatives: "reach a consensus on a protocol" or "settle on a protocol."
Governments and treatment sites from the five participating countries agreed on a sound study protocol, and the INCANT trial is now underway as planned.
Still, it has been only within the last few weeks that the two departments agreed on a protocol governing such investigations.
Wiley says the holdup is "the administrative process": agreeing on a protocol, getting collaborators to sign the right contracts, securing insurance in case something goes wrong.
The Nationals' guidelines for increasing innings after surgery appear logical, but the careers of Strasburg and Giolito might need to play out before the industry agrees on a protocol for how many innings a pitcher should work as he recovers from the procedure.
Before the start of the clinical phase, the 3 treating therapists agreed on a protocol of therapeutic exercises (type; dosage; progression).
Although all teams met in June 2011 and agreed on a protocol, the time it took to receive institutional review board approval as well as contact all necessary key informants within the following 3 months proved overly optimistic.
Penny points out that the international community has yet to agree on a Reply Protocol because there are widely differing views on whether such a course of action would be beneficial or dangerous for humanity.
America under both Bill Clinton and George Bush has shunned a new international criminal court, the treaty for which has been ratified by 70 other countries, and the Bush administration has pulled out of efforts to agree on a verification protocol for the Biological Weapons Convention.
Alternatively, supply chain members could simply agree on a standard protocol to pass data to each other.
For instance, a FORUM is associated with each project, where project members can exchange questions, agree on an analysis protocol or simply leave a summary of the member's recent work for other members who were absent at the last working session.
