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HSE Research Ethics Committee - Committee Information

ETHCOM/AG/08/03

Health and Safety Executive Research Ethics Committee

The forty-sixth meeting of the Research Ethics Committee will be held on Tuesday 2 September 2008 in the Fortune Room, Rose Court, London

The meeting will begin at 11.30am

  1. Introductions and apologies
  2. Minutes of the forty-fifth meeting – 3 June 2008 (ETHCOM/MIN/08/02) Matters arising (not covered by agenda)

    1. Update on proposals considered at the forty-fifth meeting

      1. Airfed suit work in the Nuclear industry (ETHCOM/REG/08/03)
      2. Testing of Safe Undressing Procedures for new Police Chemical Protective Clothing (ETHCOM/REG/08/04)
      1. para 11 – Secretariat to copy to the Committee for further discussion HSL’s published plans for handling research projects
  3. Medical Secretary's Report (ETHCOM/SEC/08/03)
  4. New proposals for consideration
    1. Formal declarations of interest in proposals considered at the meeting
    2. Proposals
      1. Quantification of dispersal for household chemicals (ETHCOM/REG/08/06)
      2. Generic protocol for use in the testing of personal protective equipment (PPE) on human subjects using methods according to British, European or International Standards (ETHCOM/REG/08/07)
      3. The investigation of sonography room space and set-up time requirements (ETHCOM/REG/08/08)
      4. iv. Efficacy of shower procedures used with air-fed suited systems and ergonomics of working in Contamination Level 4 pathogen laboratories (ETHCOM/REG/08/09)
  5. Any other business
    1. Volunteer Consent: Discussion paper by Alex Brett-Holt, HSE Legal Adviser
    2. E-mail from HSL (29/08/08) seeking guidance whether proposed testing of PPE according to BS 8469:2007, developed following ethical approval for ETHCOM/REG/06/01, requires separate ethical approval
  6. Date of next meeting