Hi all,

Further to our previous communications, scanning services have now resumed at YNiC. We have procedures in place to do this safely, and continue to monitor the situation and adapt as we all begin to resume day to day activities.

Note that while a great deal of effort has gone into this, we will inevitably have overlooked a couple of details so please work with us to get things going smoothly.

Operator slots are being added to the booking system, and you can book non-operator time if you have qualified operators. You can now recruit participants from outside your research group as long as the Dept of Psychology's face to face testing procedures have been followed, and you work within the guidelines of using the centre. These procedures are relatively unchanged from those we sent you in October/November 2020 (when we had a brief period of research activity).

As a reminder, here are the requirements and processes in place (these first 3 have always been standard practice):

• In advance of the visit, you should make sure your participant is registered at YNiC by completing and submitting to us the YNiC general consent form :
• https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=GeneralConsent.pdf
  
• We also advise that you go through the MRI safety screening form with them in advance of the date to ensure that it is safe to scan them in MRI
• https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=sMRISession_V3.pdf
  
• You should complete your study-specific consent forms as submitted and approved by the ethics committee.

Additional requirements relating to Covid-19 measures:

• Before being given access to resume scanning at YNiC your lab will sign a form to confirm:
• You  have read, understood the YNIC participant journey document:
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A1Jh-JJ21o0WoxqAvIR9CntyN5MyAsxq/view?usp=sharing

• You  have read, understood the YNIC MRI specific research risk assessment:
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cAAGZM0X-AxFvEJMdaObYDrxx9LZKqBE/view?usp=sharing

• You  have read, understood and followed the steps in the  Dept of Psychology's "Face-to-Face Testing in Psychology" guidelines at:
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SftgbpdU8dkImMMHEt5nY7lOIH1-7Rse5o38rFi2Cfg/edit

• As part of that process will need to complete, and have certified by the HoD, the  “Face to Face Research Activity COVID-19 Secure Check Sheet”
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hl-TXlkGnC87JF4AkYxAg5pfj7wDzn286wlAghrsALE

• As part of the safety screening of the subject on their scan day, they will complete an additional Covid-19 specific screening and information form:
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNvsW1hV5yWMisPLhmL5qCQv48tBGYoI/view?usp=sharing

If you have any queries please contact us at support@ynic.york.ac.uk

See you soon!

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