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Errors in drug ordering, dosage, and monitoring that may have serious consequences for patients persist in hospitals even after the adoption of computerized medication systems, according to a recent study.
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By Jan J. Gorrie, Esq.
Buchanan Ingersoll PC Tampa, FL
News: Prior to surgery, a patient informed the hospital of her allergy to latex. Despite this warning, a latex catheter was used and she subsequently developed interstitial cystitis. She brought suit against the health care providers and was awarded $3.75 million in damages.
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Recent revelations that hundreds of HIV-positive foster children may have been signed up for clinical trials without advocates assigned to ensure their safety have stirred the latest controversy regarding pediatric clinical research.
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The largest study yet of public fears about genetic discrimination found that 40% of people undergoing testing for a particular genetic disease were concerned that their participation could affect future access to insurance.
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The new public outreach campaign by the OHRP is a much-needed step in the right direction, say many clinical researchers. But the campaigns centerpiece an educational pamphlet designed to answer basic questions about research participation is leaving nonclinical researchers feeling left out in the cold.
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Last year, South Korean researcherWoo Suk Hwang and colleagues at Seoul National University stunned the world with news first published in Science on-line that they had developed stem cells from a cloned human embryo, using somatic-cell nuclear transfer.
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When an IRB reviews a proposal to pay research participants, members often have little more guidance to go on than their own gut feeling of what is appropriate and what is too much.
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Many people willing to participate in clinical research trials never do because they simply dont know about them or misunderstand the obligations involved, says a leading expert on supporting public research participation.
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Foreign objects retained after surgery now are considered sentinel events.
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Any effort to reduce surgical infections and their associated costs may run into a formidable hurdle: Operating room teams tend to assume theyre using best practices when theyre actually not.
