title: [Why to audit to research ethics committees?].
abstract: Ethics committees in biomedical research have the responsibility to ensure the protection of human participants in the studies. In order to improve the quality of their work they must undergo audit procedures commissioned by the sponsors and inspections done by the regulatory authorities. Through these procedures, improvement of their functions should be guaranteed, so they can optimize their tasks and accomplish in the best way the purpose for which they were created.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue, Lima, Perú. esteliqm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Estela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quiroz
mesh_terms: D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008330:Management Audit; D011786:Quality Control