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• Harm

  That which adversely affects the interests or welfare of an individual. This may be physical harm, discomfort, anxiety, pain, and psychological disturbance or social disadvantage.

   

• Hazard

  Anything that could cause harm.

   

• Health & Safety

  Health and Safety is a discipline, enshrined in primary legislation, concerned with preserving and protecting human and facility resources in the workplace. All employers are subject to the law and can be Inspected.

   

• Healthy volunteers

  Persons recruited to and consenting to participate in research NOT by virtue of the fact they are a NHS patient with a specific condition, but rather as they represent normal, non-diseased physiology.

   

• HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority)

  The HFEA is the UK's independent regulator overseeing safe and appropriate practice in fertility treatment and embryo research. The HFEA license and monitor centres carrying out IVF, donor insemination and human embryo research. They provide a range of detailed information for patients, professionals and Government.

   

• HTA (Human Tissue Authority)

  The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) regulates the removal, storage, use and disposal of human bodies, organs and tissue from the living and deceased.

  Under the Human Tissue Act 2004, the HTA has jurisdiction in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For human application (under the EU Tissue and Cells Directive), the HTA has a UK-wide role.

   

• HTA licence

  The HTA license premises for storage of relevant material for research purposes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are many exemptions to the need for an HTA licence for research, best described in HTA Licence [insert link] station of the Data and Tissues Tool Kit.

  The HTA also issues licences for human application under the EU Tissues adn Cells Directive, in the whole of the UK.

   

• Human tissue or samples

  Generic term used to encompass human organs, tissues and biological samples. Depending on the context, human tissues or samples may be used in this Tool Kit to describe relevant material, this is likely when used in reference to the Human Tissue Act 2004. Strictly speaking relevant material is a more specific term.