Chronic Infectious Disease At in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — Case | Ethics | SMLE Q#11629
SMLE Question #11629
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Ethics
Objective: OBJ-243
Last updated: February 2026
A 40-year-old epidemiology researcher plans a retrospective study using records from a recent community screening programme for a chronic infectious disease at a university hospital. He will determine the proportion of screened individuals whose test results were not communicated to them. The dataset contains names, national IDs, contact details, and test outcomes. He has not contacted participants and intends to publish aggregated findings. What additional step is ethically required before he accesses and analyses these records?
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