Biomaterial Database

[Why to audit to research ethics committees?]. 2010

Estela Quiroz

Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue, Lima, Perú. esteliqm@yahoo.com

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.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008330	Management Audit	Management review designed to evaluate efficiency and to identify areas in need of management improvement within the institution in order to ensure effectiveness in meeting organizational goals.	Operational Audit,Audit, Management,Audit, Operational,Audits, Management,Audits, Operational,Management Audits,Operational Audits
D011786	Quality Control	A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Control, Quality,Controls, Quality,Quality Controls
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D028744	Ethics Committees, Research	Hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects. Federal regulations (the "Common Rule" (45 CFR 46)) mandate the use of these committees to monitor federally-funded biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects.	Institutional Review Boards,Board, Institutional Review,Boards, Institutional Review,Ethics Committee, Research,IRB,IRBs,Institutional Review Board,Research Ethics Committee,Research Ethics Committees,Review Board, Institutional,Review Boards, Institutional,Committee, Research Ethics,Committees, Research Ethics