When is ethical review of research protocols necessary? A proposed classification system for evaluating Canadian hospital-based research.
Although research is an activity commonly undertaken in Canadian hospitals, no mandatory or even standardized mechanism exists for the ethical clearance of hospital-based research in Canada. This paper describes the current procedures used by Canadian hospitals to evaluate research protocols. A research classification system is proposed by SCO Hospital, Saint-Vincent Pavilion. The proposed classification system offers criteria for screening hospital-based research for risk to human subjects and detecting potential ethical problems in a proposed research study. SCO Hospital, Saint-Vincent Pavilion, has also found the proposed research classification system helpful in identifying research activities that have an impact on hospital resources.
Blair
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SCO Hospital, Saint-Vincent Pavilion, 60 Cambridge Street N., Ottawa, Canada K1R-7A5.
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D002170:Canada; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000145:classification*; D003625:Data Collection; D026724:Ethical Review; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006761:Hospitals; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans