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• Update the version date of the document(s) (within the document itself and the filename) with each new submission to the IRB.
• No Longer have to update the version date with each response to clarifications or stipulations, retain the same version date throughout that one submission.
• If the IRB returns a document with stipulations and they have changed the filename of the document, remove the words "IRB Edits" or "Pre-review Edits" from the document title before you resubmit.
• For NIH IRB Document Templates please navigate here.

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Protocol Nomenclature

• How to Name a Clean Protocol:

  • IRBNumber_ProtocolClean_VersionDate(DDMMMYYYY)

• Example of a Correctly Named Clean Protocol:

  Example of a Correctly Named Tracked Protocol:

  • 18M0015_ProtocolClean_14JAN2021

• How to Name a Tracked Protocol:

  • IRBNumber_ProtocolTracked_VersionDate(DDMMMYYYY)

• • 18M0015_ProtocolTracked_14JAN2021

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