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Wednesday, March 21, 2012: 16:30
Cozumel 4 (Cancun Center)
OH professionals who participate in research involving human subjects are obliged to protect their health, integrity and human rights in the conduct of research and when communicating its results:
Research must have ethical justification and scientific validity.
A study design and/or a research protocol, including a declaration of any potential conflict of interest, must be reviewed for scientific merit and ethical acceptability by an independent and competent ethical review committee.
The investigator must obtain a written voluntary informed consent by subjects to participate in research, providing detailed information on aims and methods, expected benefits to the individual, the community or society at large, any potential risk, discomfort, disadvantage or inconvenience to the worker that the research may entail.
Informed consent is also to encompass intended storage and future use of collected data, institutional affiliations, sources of funding and any possible conflicts of interest arising in the planning and course of the study.
The potential subject must be informed of the right to refuse to participate in the study, or to withdraw consent to participate at any time without reprisal.
Informed consent has to be renewed if there are any significant changes in the conditions or procedures of the research, or if new information becomes available that might affect the subject’s willingness to continue to participate.
Every precaution must be taken to guarantee the privacy of research participants and the confidentiality of their personal information, also to minimize the impact of the study on their physical, mental and social integrity.
In case of collecting and storing human biological samples and related data, such as health or employment records, for epidemiological research, the investigator is obliged to inform study participants about the envisaged use of all the data and biological material collected, and to provide a time-plan for their storage and destruction.
Research must have ethical justification and scientific validity.
A study design and/or a research protocol, including a declaration of any potential conflict of interest, must be reviewed for scientific merit and ethical acceptability by an independent and competent ethical review committee.
The investigator must obtain a written voluntary informed consent by subjects to participate in research, providing detailed information on aims and methods, expected benefits to the individual, the community or society at large, any potential risk, discomfort, disadvantage or inconvenience to the worker that the research may entail.
Informed consent is also to encompass intended storage and future use of collected data, institutional affiliations, sources of funding and any possible conflicts of interest arising in the planning and course of the study.
The potential subject must be informed of the right to refuse to participate in the study, or to withdraw consent to participate at any time without reprisal.
Informed consent has to be renewed if there are any significant changes in the conditions or procedures of the research, or if new information becomes available that might affect the subject’s willingness to continue to participate.
Every precaution must be taken to guarantee the privacy of research participants and the confidentiality of their personal information, also to minimize the impact of the study on their physical, mental and social integrity.
In case of collecting and storing human biological samples and related data, such as health or employment records, for epidemiological research, the investigator is obliged to inform study participants about the envisaged use of all the data and biological material collected, and to provide a time-plan for their storage and destruction.