Assessing the quality of human research protection programs: The experience at the department of veterans affairs

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 16-19

  Tsan, Min Fu ^a   Smith, Karen ^a   Gao, Baochong ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; STANDARDS;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77955185870     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Statement of Kenneth W. Kizer, Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, on Oversight of Research in the Veterans Health Administration before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, April 21, 1999
2. Steinbrook R. Protecting research subjects-the crisis at Johns Hopkins. NEJM 2002; 346: 716-720.
3. Steinbrook R. Improving protection for research subjects. NEJM 2002; 346: 1425-1430.
4. See ref. 2, Steinbrook 2002.
5. Taylor HA. Moving beyond compliance: Measuring ethical quality to enhance the oversight of human subjects research. IRB: Ethics & Human Research. 2007; 29 (5): 9-14
6. Koski G. Beyond compliance ... Is it too much to ask? IRB: Ethics & Human Research 2003; 25(5): 5-6.
7. Institute of Medicine. Preserving Public Trust: Accreditation and Human Research Participant Protection Programs. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2001.
8. Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research. VHA Handbook 1200.05, Department of Veterans Affairs (July 31, 2008), http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/;
9. Research and Development Committee. VHA Handbook 1200.01, Department of Veterans Affairs (June 16, 2009), http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/.
10. Research Compliance Officers and the Auditing of VHA Human Subject Research to Determine Compliance with Applicable Laws, Regulations, and Policies. VHA Directive 2008-064, Department of Veterans Affairs (October 16, 2008). Available at http:// www1.va.gov/vhapublications/.