UW Research
Forms and Templates
INSTRUCTIONS and NOTIFICATION Compassionate Use, Device
If this is an emergency: Do not use this document. Instead use the INSTRUCTIONS and NOTIFICATION Emergency Use, Device.
This document is used by physicians to:
- Determine and document whether the circumstances in which they hope to make clinical use of an investigational device meets the FDA requirements for compassionate use;
- Guide them through the procedures required by the FDA and the UW for compassionate use; and
- Notify the IRB of the compassionate use within 5 business days after the use.
Change Notes
Revised instructions to describe email submission and chair signature process – 06.26.2020
Updated contact information – 4.14.2017