As this was a quality assurance project, ethics approval was not required.
A quality assurance or full ethics application is made as required by individual hospital ethics committees using the National Ethics Application Form [ 15] where accepted.
An in-house investigative team will aim to give assurances about the ethics of production from the cotton field to the retailer.
'Research' quality assurance included combinations of ethics reviews, mentoring and coaching by senior colleagues and joint publications of study results.
Some 25% of shareholders voted against the re-election of Sir William Castell, BP's senior non-executive director and head of the safety, ethics and environment assurance committee.
The study will undergo routine quality assurance review conducted by the ethics board.
Animal studies were performed in accordance with the Mahidol University policy for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes and approved by the institutional animal ethics committee (Animal Welfare assurance number: RA2011.03).
The training was meant to inform the team members about the design and the purpose of the MZIMA community health cohort study; their specific roles; and on how to implement the study tools and standard operating procedures, data quality assurance measures, and appropriate research ethics.
The study was considered as quality assurance by the regional Committee for Ethics in Medical Research, Region South (2011/1006 D), and did not require approval or written consent.
Site participation in the Registry requires local research ethics board approval, strict assurance of patient-identifier confidentiality, and written informed consent by the islet recipients.
At our University, program evaluation/quality assurance studies (the category the research ethics board assigned us) are not subject to Research Ethics Board review and approval.
