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institutional review board (IRB), an organizational committee that reviews and approves biomedical research that uses humans as subjects. institutional review board Medical ethics A review body of physicians and lay persons established or designated by an entity–eg, a university hospital or academic health care facility, to protect the safety and welfare of human subjects
participating in biomedical or behavioral research; the IRB debates and approves or rejects research projects performed at the institution. See Ethics committee, Helsinki Declaration, Nuremburg code. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Part 2 delivers more detail on advancing the background and organizational aspects of the project, such as focusing the question, scanning the literature, soliciting project approval from the institutional review board (IRB), and securing institutional commitment. Ethical conduct of clinical research does not end with Institutional Review Board approval and entry of patients; investigators have an obligation to their subjects and the medical community to disseminate study findings. The protocol was approved by our institutional review board, which is registered (IRB00001493) with the Office for Human Research Protections. |
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