BC Children's Hospital BioBank
Maternal Information and Consent Form
COLLECTION AND BANKING OF MATERNAL SERUM, BLOOD SPECIMENS, PLACENTA, CORD BLOOD, AND CLINICAL DATA
Principal Investigator: Dr Suzanne Vercauteren 604-875-2939
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Jonathan Bush 604-875-3057
BioBank Administration: (604) 875 2000 ext 6423
biobank@cw.bc.ca
Emergency Telephone Number: (604) 875-2161 24 hours/day, 7 days a week
Toll Free Number (BC only): 1-888-300-3088
YOU'RE INVITED!
Advances in medical research have drastically improved quality of life for millions of people and lead to effective treatments for common conditions and conditions that were once life-threatening.
The BioBank samples are used in research to understand the causes of disease in women and potentially their families. In order to continue improving treatments and therapies, researchers need access to health information and biological samples, such as blood, from a wide variety of people.
A single sample collected at BC Children’s Hospital or BC Women’s Hospital has the ability to fuel numerous research projects, any one of which might lead to an important medical breakthrough. If there are current research projects that require samples from mothers and/or babies, a summary of these studies is included at the end of this consent form. Your sample may be used for some or all of these projects, and may also be stored for use in future research which as of now, is undefined.
Please note that this consent form relates to you and your unborn child together, once your child is born you may be invited to sign an additional BioBank consent form on their behalf.
ABOUT THE BIOBANK
The Goal
The BioBank would like to collect samples and clinical data from women and sometimes their families to create a bank (or library) of samples for use in research to better understand the causes of diseases of women and families, with the ultimate goal of improving treatment and preventing diseases.
Who?
The BioBank is run by doctors and scientists at BC Women’s Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital Scientists worldwide can apply to the BioBank to ask for samples and health information to use for their research. Samples and de-identified health information is only given to a scientist if the BioBank and Research Ethics Board confirm that the research is worthwhile and safe.
De-identified: Health information is de-identified by removing information like your name or birthdate, to protect your identity
Research Ethics Board: A research ethics board is a group of people that review and monitor research involving human participants to make sure it is ethically acceptable.