Svane, Jeff Kirk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7816-211X
Chiou, Shu-Ti
Groene, Oliver
Kalvachova, Milena
Brkić, Mirna Zagrajski
Fukuba, Isao
Härm, Tiiu
Farkas, Jerneja
Ang, Yen
Andersen, Mikkel Østerheden
Tønnesen, Hanne
Funding for this research was provided by:
WHO-CC, Copenhagen Denmark
WHO-CC, Malmö, Sweden
All participating hospitals
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Ministry of Health, Czech Republic
Ministry of Health, Taiwan
Article History
Received: 6 April 2018
Accepted: 6 December 2018
First Online: 22 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All data were anonymized at the source, and no person-identifiable information was recorded or transferred. The study included no biological material. The anonymized data were stored and secured by Capital Region Denmark CIMT. Paper records were maintained under double lock. Only the international research team had access to all data. The study was approved by the Internal Review Board of Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and by the Danish Data Protection Agency (j.nr. 2012-41-0152 / 2017-41-5029). All participating departments had local approval from their internal review body, department head, and hospital management. Participation in the study was not associated with any risks. The time required to complete forms and surveys was considered a minor inconvenience.
: All participating clinical departments that delivered data obtained local approval from their internal review body, approval from the head of the department, and from the hospital management. Consent from individual patients or staff was not required as no person-identifiable data was captured at any point.
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