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Table 2 Specific questions relevant to databases

From: Ethics review as a component of institutional approval for a multicentre continuous quality improvement project: the investigator's perspective

Question

No. (%) of the 16 sites

Identifying information used in stored data or in analysis?

4 (25%)

How is identity of subjects protected?

7 (44%)

Password protection for data?

2 (13%)

Is information going into a database?

5 (31%)

Are data linked?

5 (31%)

Does anyone outside site have access to data?

5 (31%)

Data monitoring procedures

5 (31%)

Who will analyze the data?

5 (31%)

Disposition of data at end of study

8 (50%)

Plans for future use of the data

5 (31%)

Privacy risks and controls assessment

3 (19%)