Reports mainly addressed to healthcare professionals to cope with different aspects of the COVID pandemic. They provide essential and urgent directions for emergency management and are subject to updates.
They are published in Italian, but they all have an English abstract.
The complete list is available at https://www.iss.it/rapporti-covid-19.
Here follows a list of the reports available in full text in English.
Rapporto ISS COVID-19 n. 47/2020 English version - Research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic: observational and, in particular, epidemiological studies. Version of May 29, 2020
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic: observational and, in particular, epidemiological studies. Version of May 29, 2020.
ISS Bioethics COVID-19 Working Group
2020, v, 17 p. Rapporto ISS COVID-19 n. 47/2020 - English version
Biomedical research includes interventional or experimental research, and observational / epidemiological research. While the first types of research are governed by specific regulations, some of which are dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, for the latter there are no regulatory references except “soft law” documents. This report aims to offer references to researchers engaged in the study of SARS-CoV-2 and to the Ethics Committees (EC) engaged in the evaluation of observational / epidemiological research conducted in an emergency, starting from the literature and recommendations of International Organizations, relating to: values and principles of research ethics to be considered in the planning and evaluation of observational / epidemiological research in emergency COVID-19; role of the ECs and procedures to be adopted to respond promptly to requests for evaluation of observational / epidemiological research in the field of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19; specificity and exemptions from informed consent for observational / epidemiological research in COVID-19; collaboration between researchers and timely sharing of research results and data.
Published 23/12/2020
