| WHERE | WHEN | WHO | HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL INVOLVED | INFORMATION TOOLS | REGULATORY-ETHICAL FRAMEWORK |
| HEALTHCARE STRUCTURE | In Emergency | Affected patient, unable to express consent or in an uncomfortable condition (i.e. in ICU) | Health personnel not able to collect consensus in the emergency situation in which they operate | Oral communication to the patient of a short-term sample collection, simplified consent is postponed to stabilization and/or discharge. The collection of biological materials with the postponement of the consent is reported in the patient record, creating an alert. However, available -simplified informed consent; -glossary; -in-depth information sheets. | National level - for Italy: Decreto Legge n. 14 del 9 marzo 2020, Disposizioni per il potenziamento del Servizio sanitario nazionale in relazione all’emergenza COVID-19 LINK (EDPB) - Statement on the processing of personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak. Adopted on 19 March 2020 LINK |
| HEALTHCARE STRUCTURE | In ward | Affected, stabilized patient | Nurses and doctors | -simplified informed consent; -glossary; -in-depth information sheets. | GDPR, in particular ART. 5-7,13 LINK National level - for Italy: Provvedimento recante le prescrizioni relative al trattamento di categorie particolari di dati, ai sensi dell’art. 21, comma 1 del d.lgs. 10 agosto 2018, n. 101 LINK REGULATION (EU) No 536/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials, in particular CHAP. V LINK Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)6 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on research on biological materials of human origin LINK WMA Declaration of Taipei on Ethical Considerations regarding Health Databases and Biobanks 2016 LINK |
| HEALTHCARE STRUCTURE | At hospital discharge | Recovered, SARS-Cov-2-negative patient, able to express his own will | Nurses and hospital doctors | ||
| HEALTHCARE STRUCTURE | At the communication of diagnosis - results of swab analysis | Patient with mild symptoms, sent back to territory | Hospital health personnel | ||
| In the territory or at home | Upon notification of the quarantine obligation | Subject in quarantine due to familiarity or direct interaction with affected patient | Professionals identified by the regional/territorial health organization | ||
| In the territory or at home | At the take charge in the territory or at home | Patient with mild symptoms | Professionals identified by the regional/territorial health organization | ||
| In the territory or at home | Follow up | Cured citizen | Professionals identified by the regional/territorial health organization | ||
| In the territory or at home | On the basis of the provisions in place | Asymptomatic citizen | Professionals identified by the regional/territorial health organization |
