Field of traditional Chinese medicine first certification project 
 
 
"Research ethics review of traditional Chinese medicine" won the national approval 
 
 

Source: Beijing business today 

    Beijing commercial daily news (reporter xia SAN SAN), approved by the national certification and accreditation supervision and management committee "research ethics review of traditional Chinese medicine" as certification program, the world federation of Chinese medicine societies formally approved by the certification body for the certification. This is the first field of traditional Chinese medicine approved by the certification program, is also China's first medical ethics certification program, marked the research ethics review of traditional Chinese medicine has been one of the leading enterprises in the domestic. , experts say, research ethics review by the evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine into the certification, in line with international standards, to create the "new name card" of Chinese overseas development.
 
    The ethical review is an important means of international research of risk control, the design and implementation process, through the study of scientific research of risk benefit analysis, recruitment, informed consent, the subjects' health care and protection, privacy and confidentiality, the special protection of vulnerable groups to review such key links as risk control, to give the participants a more comprehensive protection.
 
    Beijing commercial daily reporter learned that, in order to improve their own level and ability, domestic institutional ethical review work, often need to look for foreign certification agencies help. Participate in foreign certification though to some extent to domestic agencies, the opportunity to learn from, but the traditional Chinese medicine characteristics and actual situation in our country are easy to be eliminated and ignored. To this end, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine in 2008 started the standardization of the ethical review construction, deploying corresponding subject research, and support the world federation of Chinese medicine societies in 2011 established the first international ethical review of traditional medicine professional committee - the world zhonglian ethical review committee. In 2012, the commission in the traditional Chinese medicine clinical research ethical review platform assessment (hereinafter referred to as the "CAP"). So far, 37 units, including general hospitals across the country had been evaluated through CAP, throughout more than 20 provinces and cities.
 
    World zhonglian vice chairman and secretary general Li Zhenji that CAP from assessment to certification, this is traditional Chinese medicine research ethics review standardized management innovation and breakthrough. Passed attestation of CAP, for traditional Chinese medicine research ethics review activities defined threshold, set up ethical review policy management system and technical standard system, and provide the basis for the government to strengthen supervision. Certified's ability to improve related institutions and personnel, to a greater degree to ensure the quality of ethical review, so as to better control risk of clinical research.
 
    World zhonglian ning-ning xiong, the ethical review committee's chairman, said the assessment into after certification, certification of CAP will pay more attention to maintain and develop cooperation and exchanges with relevant international organizations, make traditional Chinese medicine in the field of traditional medicine and medical research ethics review set up is own brand characteristics, and strive to will CAP certification into traditional Chinese medicine in international exchanges, support the "new name card" of TCM scientific and technological achievements to the world.
 
 
 
 
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