McFadden, Benjamin R.
Inglis, Timothy J. J.
Reynolds, Mark
Article History
Received: 13 February 2023
Accepted: 11 August 2023
First Online: 24 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Australian National Health Research Ethics guidelines (NH &MRC), and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. This research was performed as a clinical laboratory quality initiative. Non-identifiable collections of data that do not contain clinical or personal information can be used without further Health Research Ethics Committee approval. This is outlined in the NHMRC ethical guidelines for biomedical research in the national statement on ethical conduct in human research (2018), section 5.1.22 where it is stated that “Institutions may choose to exempt from ethical review research that: (a) is neglible risk research; and (b) involves the use of existing collections of data or records that contain only non-identifiable data about human beings.” The requirement for both written and verbal informed consent was waived on the basis outlined in sections 2.3.9 and 2.3.10 of the same document given personal information is not used.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.