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Article History

Received: 18 February 2020

Accepted: 1 May 2020

First Online: 6 August 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by the Ethical Research Committee of the UMC Utrecht and is registered under number 18/169. Written informed consent will be obtained before the collection of blood samples and after initial verbal informed consent. In mentally incapacitated patients, consent will be provided by the legal representative. In case written informed consent is not feasible prior to the collection of blood samples due to an acute life-threatening condition, the written consent will be asked as soon as possible afterwards. All collected data—including the blood results—will be stored without identifying information under a study number. Personal details of the patient which are needed for the data collection will be store in a secured online environment until the data collection is completed. The data and excess blood samples will be stored for 15 years afterwards. Additional test of stored blood samples will only be done in patients who opted in in the written informed consent.

: Not applicable.

: None declared.