When safety reports are required

Note: RiskMan is a local platform to be used for reporting Austin Health safety incidents.
Please follow local governance requirements and guidance if your research incident has occurred at another site.

 

There are three types of safety reporting for research.

The type you use will depend on your circumstances.

The circumstances are:

• Report safety incidents, hazards and near misses in RiskMan. These are defined in an appendix to our Adverse Patient Safety Event Manual (OPPIC ID, GDL-24370) Incident Management Policy (OPPIC Document ID 12624) and Incident Management Procedure (OPPIC Document ID 2292) on the Pulse;

•  When Austin Health is the HREC :

a. Safety reporting for research when it is only ethically approved by Austin Health HREC.
Submit a safety report immediately to Austin Health using this link.

b. Safety reporting for research when it is ethically and governance approved by Austin Health HREC and Discovery & Innovation Unit.

-If Austin Health participant incident: Submit a safety report via RiskMan.
-If external site participant incident: Submit a safety report immediately to Austin Health using this link.

• When Austin Health is approved by an external HREC
  Safety reporting for research when it is approved by HREC external to Austin Health. Submit a safety report via RiskMan.