Walker, Lauren M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9548-0999
Spratt, Jorja K.
Hutchison, Tricia
Driga, Amy
Robinson, John
Turner, Jill
Ayume, Ashley
Wiebe, Ericka
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alberta Health Services Quality Improvement Program (IPODE2Oct17, IPODE2Oct17, IPODE2Oct17, IPODE2Oct17, IPODE2Oct17, IPODE2Oct17)
Article History
Received: 23 September 2024
Accepted: 2 June 2025
First Online: 9 June 2025
Declarations
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: This project qualifies as a QA project and therefore did not need full research ethics board (REB) approval. This was determined using the Ethics Screening Tool “ARECCI” (Alberta Research Ethics Community Consensus Initiative), which is a four-step, web-based tool provided by Alberta Innovated Health Solutions. This tool provides a risk score to determine minimal risk projects. Risk scores of 7 and below are considered minimal risk and fall under QA; thus, an REB application is not required. The current project scored a 3. The tool can be found at .
: The authors declare no competing interests.