Providing Guidance and Support for all KPNW Research Compliance Activities

Next IRB meeting: August 15, 2018

Submissions for review at the August 2018 IRB meeting should be submitted through the electronic IRB system (eIRB) by the end of work on Wednesday, August 1, 2018.

RE: Continuing Review Submissions: It is the Principal Investigator's responsibility to submit a report for continuing review by the submission deadline.

The eIRB sends courtesy reminders to the study team when a continuing review submission is due. Reminders are sent at 90, 60, and 30 days prior to the approval expiration date. These are the only reminders the study team will receive.

Reminders are discontinued after a continuing form has been opened. If you create a continuing review in the eIRB when you receive the 90-day reminder, you will not receive additional reminders at 60 and 30 days.

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Research Compliance Committee

• CHR Research Compliance Committee (local/NW) meets the second Monday of the month.
• Hawaii CHR representatives join the committee on a quarterly basis.

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Welcome Kaiser Permanente Washington!

Group Health is now Kaiser Permanente Washington. The eIRB system has been updated to reflect this change. Remember to search for "Kaiser Permanente Washington IRB" on the picklist when submitting a request for KPNW to rely on the KP Washington IRB for review of a study. All references in new study applications should be to KP Washington.

Updating Existing Studies Conducting Collaborative Research with KP Washington

Study teams should update references to Group Health in the application form with the next submission to modify the study. If the next submission is for contining review, submit a combined modification and continuing review. It is not necessary to submit a study modification solely to make the update.

For existing studies ceded to Group Health, the eIRB automatically updated the name in the External IRB section of the application.

Data or Specimen Sharing Agreements with KP Washington

Please use the full KP DUA, DTA, or MDTA templates when developing new sharing agreements with KP Washington.