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At DuBois (PA) Regional Medical Center, employees were failing N95 fit tests in alarming numbers. In the cardiology department, about 46% of employees failed fit-tests even after trying a variety of models and sizes. Things weren't much better in anesthesia (35%), cardiovascular ICU (34%), or the emergency department (26%).
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Despite efforts by IRBs and investigators to improve pediatric assent, a survey of children with cancer who have been enrolled in clinical trials showed they often don't understand that what they're involved in is research and that they wanted more of a say in making the decision to participate.
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Improved treatments for cancer will be delayed and patient lives will be lost unnecessarily unless the efficiency and effectiveness of the clinical trials system improves, a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concludes.
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A recent analysis of clinical trials showing that gays and lesbians have been excluded from certain types of studies is causing reverberations within the research community and beyond.
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As sweeping as the 906-page health care reform bill is, it will have limited impact on human subjects research protection, experts say.
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Improving the participation of minority populations in research has been a holy grail for researchers and IRBs.
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With the end of the 2009-2010 flu season, it's easy to get complacent about the threat of pandemic flu. After all, the much-feared H1N1 virus appears to be on the wane in the United States, and total deaths here didn't reach some dire predictions made last summer.
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If your IRB office is well-organized, but IRB member information is dated and difficult to track, then it's time for a simple electronic solution: an IRB member roster.
