DOE Openness: Human Radiation Experiments: Roadmap to the Project Record Series Descriptions |
Records Series Descriptions
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) SERIES TITLE Institutional Review Board Meeting Minutes INCLUSIVE DATES 1975 1994 ARRANGEMENT Chronological VOLUME 4 cubic feet DESCRIPTION The series consists of the minutes which are the collected notes of the proceedings of the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB is the LLNL entity that has the responsibility for reviewing and approving requests for the use of humans as subjects in experiments or research activities. Records for each protocol describe the involvement of human subjects and the risks, if any, to which they are exposed. The minutes include the meeting date; location; members present; matters considered, including old business, new business, and minutes approval; and the record of votes taken as to whether the protocol being discussed should be approved. Related documents are attached to the minutes. The official copies of the minutes are maintained in hard copy by the Secretary to the Chairman of the IRB. A database of the minutes also provides summary information for the following categories: meeting date, IRB Project Number, title of project discussed at the IRB meeting, name of researcher, status of action, result (indicates whether or not the project was approved), and comments on whether or not the protocol was used subsequent to its approval. Three protocols involve experiments in which consenting human subjects were intentionally exposed to radiation. RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Building 361, Room 1134, 1 c.f.; Room 1063, 3 c.f. Berkeley, CA 94720 |