Waiver of consent

A waiver of consent can only be granted by a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) as outlined in Section 2.3.10 of the National Statement of Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2023.

In 2023 the Coronial and Public Health Sciences Human Ethics Committee [EC00305] granted a waiver of consent for the following projects:

• Prevalence and distribution of Group A Streptococcus strains in Queensland 2007-2021
• Association between cardiovascular disease and death by anaphylaxis: a 20-year retrospective study in Queensland, Australia
• Is measuring body length at postmortem examination obsolete in the era of postmortem computed tomography
• Risk factors for hypothermia in a warm climate: a 20-year retrospective study in Queensland, Australia.