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To achieve success in pediatric research, investigators need to reach and convince one vital group of people parents, who must decide whether to expose their children to the inconveniences and even potential risk of research participation.
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IRBs ordinarily are concerned with studies that test a specific drug or intervention on patients, students, or other end-users of health care services.
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Research institutions and officials increasingly are finding that extra layers of oversight are better than too few. While IRBs once were the only organizations to oversee human subjects protection of research participants, now there are additional committees and offices assisting with this task.
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The FDA briefly suspended the ability of an independent IRB to conduct expedited reviews after raising concerns over the conduct of one such review.
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One of the most important ways IRBs can improve the informed consent process is by encouraging investigators to confirm comprehension for their potential subjects, an expert suggests.
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When IRB directors are coping with the repercussions of staff burnout, they should keep in mind that burnout typically only happens to people who have a strong passion for their job, an expert notes.
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Few sounds or smells in the emergency department (ED) get our attention as easily as vomiting. In response, we might reflexively order our "one-size-fits-all" standard antiemetic and begin by assuming that this is probably just another case of "gastroenteritis." There are, however, several antiemetics to choose from, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, as well as a myriad of diagnostic possibilities to consider.
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So noted Barbara Chanko, RN, a health care ethicist who was one of the speakers in a Veterans Health Administration national ethics teleconference in late May.
