IRB Advisor – July 1, 2003
July 1, 2003
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Concerns about conduct are growing, but can research ethics be taught?
For many years, institutions involved in training the nations bioscience researchers have spent a great deal of time and money ensuring that their graduates function at the cutting edge of science and technology. -
HIPAA challenges can be overcome, experts say
Making changes under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has not been easy for many research institutions and their IRBs. -
Should IRBs review public school studies?
Monitoring student research isnt always a top priority for an IRB, and often the job may be partly handled by the students department and graduate advisor. However, in the cases where the student research involves human subjects who are children, the issue becomes far more complicated. -
What about consent under emergency conditions?
Except on the television drama ER, it rarely occurs, even at medical universities and affiliated hospitals, but occasionally an IRB may encounter a case where an investigator desires to have informed consent waived in order to conduct emergency medical research. -
Noncompliance calls or corrective actions policy
Inevitably, some investigators will not be compliant with the federal or state statutes and regulations, institutional rules, or IRB policies when conducting clinical research. -
Past abuses tar studies with prison populations
For years, inmates of a Philadelphia city jail, known as Holmesburg Prison, participated in medical experiments. From the mid-1950s to 1974, when medical testing was banned, research, ranging from dermatological treatments to the effects of mind-altering drugs, was conducted at the jail. -
News Brief: Institutions prepare for new accreditation program
The Partnership for Human Research Protection (PHRP) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, recently announced the approval of final standards for a new accreditation program to safeguard the interests of human subjects participating in research efforts.