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Having made infection control and patient safety top priorities in recent years, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is now taking on the thorny issue of flu vaccinations for health care workers in a new standard that becomes effective next year.
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) affects approximately 30,000 individuals annually in North America and is present in nearly 1% of emergency department (ED) patients who present with headache.
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While nationally the investigator turnover rate is estimated to be at 50 percent, a clinical research business in Colorado has had great success in retaining more than 90 percent of new and experienced investigators.
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The Cleveland Clinic had its number of studies more than double in a two-year period but, at the same time, the number of deficiencies related to pharmacy and study drug control was cut to a negligible number.
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Family Health International (FHI) of Research Triangle Park, NC, conducts many research trials overseas since the nonprofit organization focuses on improving reproductive health and preventing the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases worldwide.
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An investigator with experience in writing informed consent documents studied how well potential participants understood documents written at the sixth grade level versus those written at the 10th grade level, and she found no difference.
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