Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Ochsner is committed to a clinically-integrated research program with the ultimate goal of improving the health and wellness of our patients and communities. And as the largest academic medical center in Louisiana, we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals to be leaders who can meet evolving healthcare challenges.
The BSC is charged with the authority for approval/denial of each request for usage/retrieval of biospecimen from ExpressBank. The BSC ensures that utilization of retrieved biospecimen will be in compliance with highest ethical, legal, and regulatory standards. It also ensures that donor rights and confidentiality are safeguarded.
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews each Biobank protocol and informed consent form to protect the rights, welfare, and privacy of all human research subjects. The quality assurance team of IRB research compliance routinely audits Biobank records to ensure that strict applicable standards for protection of human subjects (donors), including Good Clinical Practice (GCP), are consistently met.
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) oversees the appropriate handling of potential bio-hazardous specimens and standards for collection, storage and disposal of the biospecimen collected. It also provides local oversight to all research activities involving rDNA, bodily fluids, and other biospecimens.
