Westcliff IRB
IRB Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
SOP 1: Banned Research
SOP 1 defines the types of allowed and disallowed/banned research.
SOP 2: Composition of the IRB
SOP 2 defines the membership of the IRB committee—excluding chair, institutional officials, and legal representatives.
SOP 3: IRB Committee Responsibilities
SOP 3 defines the responsibilities of the IRB members.
SOP 4: Convened Review
SOP 4 defines the policies and procedures for conducting a full-board review of human subjects’ research.
SOP 5: Course Projects, Decision Tree, and Consent Process
SOP 5 outlines the course projects, decision tree, and consent process.
SOP 6: Data Collected Without IRB Approval
SOP 6 defines the federal regulations regarding the need for IRB approval prior to data collection.
SOP 7: Data Security
SOP 7 defines the specifications for data security.
SOP 8: Exempt and Expedited Reviews
SOP 8 defines the main types of reviews: exempt, expedited, and full.
SOP 9: Obtaining Informed Consent
SOP 9 defines the minimal requirements for obtaining consent.
SOP 10: Online Research Online Consent and Documenting Consent
SOP 10 defines the minimal requirements of documenting consent.
SOP 11: Student Investigators or Research Assistants
SOP 11 defines the role and responsibility of the student when conducting research.
SOP 12: Translation for Studies Conducted in a Language Other than English
SOP 12 defines the minimal requirements of using translated materials.
SOP 13: Communicable Diseases
SOP 13 defines researchers’ and human subjects’ protection with research involving communicable diseases.
SOP 14: Adverse Event Reporting
SOP 14 ensures adverse and serious events are defined, recorded, reported, and evaluated as required by IRB.