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Hospitalized children were discharged sooner and were less likely to be readmitted when physicians followed the recommendations of an antibiotic stewardship program, researchers reported recently in Philadelphia at the IDWeek 2014 conference. The study is the first to show the benefits of drug stewardship on children’s health.
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Small IRBs often have a resource dilemma: How do you help the IRB improve consistency and quality of reviews when staffing is limited?
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The 21st century IRB office is run by professional-level staff more than in previous years. While 30 years ago an IRB could rely on a long-time employee who had experience without credentials, this model is becoming rare.
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Research institutions sometimes struggle with retaining experienced IRB members as the workload can be significant and there are so many competing duties and projects for these scientists, professors, bioethicists, and other professionals.
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The 2011 changes to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Health Service (PHS) regulations for reporting investigator conflicts of interest may still be causing confusion for researchers and IRBs.
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Protocol review consistency is a hot topic as IRBs, research organizations, and investigators struggle with balancing quality and efficiency in the review process.
