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Common Features of Participant Safety Plans and Selected Implementation Measures

Protecting confidentiality Identification of the study as aimed at understanding HIV/AIDS, not a study of PWID or PLWH Study ID numbers instead of names and other identifiers used on all materials Participant locator information kept separately from study data and kept in separate locked location only accessible by selected staff Secure data storage Confidentiality agreements Stigma and discrimination reduction tactics Selected study locations Meetings with community advisory boards Private means to contact study leadership or chair of the Institutional Review Board with complaints about study staff Emergency plan and/or contacts Pocket-sized cards with contact information given to participants upon enrollment Collaboration with local authorities in case problems occurred Staff training/Standard Operating Procedures Training on confidentiality and stigma reduction as well as good clinical practices, good participatory practices and human subjects protection Standard Operating Procedures related to PSPs Social harm monitoring Routine monitoring for social harms at each study visit along with scheduled trial procedures