For researchers, the key take-aways from the E-IRB system update that occurred on March 24, 2023 are summarized below:

When this DocType is assigned to an attachment, upon approval of the Deviation or Exception, the informed consent form (ICF) gets a stamp with the words “Single Use” in it.

The stamped ICF is included in the file that opens when the user clicks the “View # ___” link for the applicable Deviation/Exception under the Completed Other Reviews tab in Protocol History.

The following improvement was made for consistency in reflecting when an edit has been made:

• New attachments are now indicated by a gold row (instead of red-colored font).

“All Attachments” is the recommended place to view materials to be considered for IRB review/approval in an “In-Progress” application. Researchers should keep this in mind when tasked with removal of outdated documents as the documents may not appear within the section itself.



For example:

The ‘Download All’ tool now also generates a .csv file listing all the attachments in the zip folder with the following info:

• the name of each file (i.e., the E-IRB generated file name);
• the original file name (i.e., the name the file had when the researcher uploaded it);
• the description entered by the researcher;
• relevant dates;
• ID of uploader.

 As always, we hope the latest update improves your overall E-IRB experience!