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HSE Research Ethics Committee - Committee Information

ETHCOM/AG/08/01

Health and Safety Executive Research Ethics Committee

The forty-fourth meeting of the Research Ethics Committee will be held on Wednesday 26 March 2008 in the Fortune Room, Rose Court, London

The meeting will begin at 11am

  1. Introductions and apologies
  2. Minutes of the forty-third meeting – 13 September 2007
    (ETHCOM/MIN/07/02). Matters arising (not covered by agenda)
    1. Update on proposals considered at the forty-third meeting
      1. Occupational injury and chronic illness in commercial fishermen in South West England (ETHCOM/REG/07/02)
      2. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a range of knee protection in preventing injury (ETHCOM/REG/07/03)
      3. Investigations of the levels of biomarkers after ingestion of the acceptable daily intake of a single pesticide and combined doses of pesticides (ETHCOM/REG/07/04)
      1. para 6(ii) – Dr Curran to check on status of the proposal (ETHCOM/REG/07/01)
      2. para 12(i) - Secretariat to provide information on Board discussion; Chairman to write to the Board setting out the concerns
      3. para 12(ii) - Secretariat to liaise with OSI on possible ‘twinning’ with other ethics committees
      4. para 12(iii) - members to forward to Mr Wiles further suggestions for recruitment; Secretariat to approach appropriate organisations/individuals
  3. Update on proposals considered outwith REC meetings since September 2007
    1. Verification of undressing and decontamination procedures (ETHCOM/RE/G06/02): major change to project;
    2. Testing workplace protection offered by personal protective equipment used by Police/SOCA investigating illicit drug laboratories (ETHCOM/REG/07/05);
    3. Biotracer study to evaluate an automated biological detection system (ETHCOM/REG/07/06);
    4. An evaluation of Musculoskeletal Discomfort Experienced by Sonographers (ETHCOM/REG/07/07)
  4. Medical Secretary's Report (ETHCOM/SEC/08/01)
    • Membership issues
    • Requests to HSE REC for ‘urgent’ ethical clearance
    • AREC
  5. New proposal for consideration
    1. Identification and Prioritisation of Health and Safety Issues in the Beauty Industry (massage and spray tanning) (ETHCOM/REG/08/02)
  6. Any other business
  7. Date of next meeting