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Do I need NHS REC review?

My study location: Scotland

Does your research involve recruiting adults who lack capacity to consent for themselves, including participants retained in study following the loss of capacity?

An adult (in this context) is anyone over the age of 16.

YES

Will your research involve either of the following:

  1. organs retained from a post-mortem examination carried out on the instructions of the Procurator Fiscal?
  2. organs, tissue blocks or slides retained from a hospital post-mortem examination, or tissue blocks or slides retained from a post-mortem examination carried out on the instructions of the Procurator Fiscal?

YES

Will your research involve the analysis of human DNA from materials that do not contain cells (for example: serum or processed bodily fluids such as plasma and semen) and this analysis is not within the terms of consent for research from the donor?

What is important here is if you hold and process material in order to analyse its DNA. If you do then you should answer YES

If you are using DNA that has already been extracted and isolated from human cells, the answer to this question is NO.

YES

If none of the above apply, please select NO
NO

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