Review your IRB policies to identify necessary updates and training needs How your policies, procedures, and review processes impact the sIRB’s review process This will help to ensure sIRB oversight is conducted compliantly and in a way that meets organizational expectations Communicate with your research teams and share options for using external IRBs, requirements to defer IRB oversight, etc Instead of requiring a full local IRB submission on top of a separate sIRB submission, consider developing an abbreviated local form covering only those local requirements Such an approach avoids having your investigators and teams duplicate work and takes better advantage of sIRB efficiencies