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There is a new research journal in town, and it's likely to create a stir in the clinical trials research industry and the IRB world.
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Clinical trial sites and research institutions increasingly are recognizing the need to improve the informed consent process, which is where compliance problems often occur.
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Consent forms typically are long, cumbersome, and unfriendly packages that potential study participants might treat like the standard forms they sign at doctor's offices, or worse, like disclaimers to check when installing new software on their computers.
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Sometimes the simplest words can be misunderstood when people are interviewed by an investigator, and this is why cognitive interviewing research is growing.
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An outbreak of mumps in Iowa has led hospitals to re-examine the immunization records of health care workers, with some checking for serologic evidence of immunity in employees who have had an exposure.
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HIV testing would become a routine part of health care under a proposed recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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When an accident occurs, the best way to prevent a recurrence is to ask a simple question: Why did this happen? But you don't want an easy answer.
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As hospitals across the country struggle to combat a highly virulent strain of Clostridium difficile, compliance with hand hygiene takes center stage as a primary defense.
