Consent to donate urine and/or vaginal swab(s), and/or fecal swab(s) for the explicit purpose of identifying microbes including bacteria, viruses and fungi including yeasts.

By agreeing to these terms you understand that:

• You are voluntarily donating urine and/or a vaginal swab and/or a fecal swab sample(s).
• The sample that you provide will be analysed in our SBL laboratory for the explicit purposes of identify microbes and microbiomes present in the donated samples.
• This may include the detection of bacteria, viruses or other organisms causing sexually transmitted diseases.
• Your urine and/or swab samples and/or any derivatives will be either destroyed during the process of analysis or, when sufficient sample is provided to allow re-sampling, will be held by the lab for no longer than 1 month before being destroyed.
• The Metagenomic Testing Company will not specifically analyse your personal DNA or genome.
• Results of our analyses will be made available to you through a secure website hosted by SBL.
• It is the account holder’s responsibility to maintain, and not share, appropriately secure passwords that control access to this website.
• The Metagenomic Testing Company will not directly provide you with any interpretation, speculation or medical advice regarding results obtained from your sample.
• The Metagenomic Testing Company is not obliged to organise any necessary follow-up treatment.
• Arrangement for treatment, as deemed necessary, should be made between the donor and an independent GP/Healthcare Practitioner/Pharmacist who are under no obligation to use our data to guide therapy.
• The Metagenomic Testing Company is not liable for any consequences arising from failure to identify a specific pathogen or failure of any treatment program instigated by a GP/Healthcare Practitioner/Pharmacist.
• Data and medical records collected as part of the study can be viewed by restricted individuals at The Metagenomic Testing Company and made be made available to relevant regulatory authorities upon request.
• Where possible personal information is removed to protect individual donor identities.
• You agree that following completion of the initial investigation and analysis of the sample you provide, anonymised samples and data may kept and used for future research and development purposes.
• You will not be identified in any research publications that may arise from these studies.
• Where the donor is a minor, or requires additional support, a guardian will be required to give consent on behalf of the donor.
• We may contact you in future to request non-obligatory follow-up information to assess the impact of our testing on your long-term health.