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In a campaign to reduce sharps injuries from sutures, the National Alliance for the Primary Prevention of Sharps Injuries (NAPPSI) in Carlsbad, CA, is conducting an on-line survey of interns and residents to determine their experience with the devices.
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The struggle with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and confusion over how to adequately protect health care workers has led some employee health professionals to call for a new U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard on biological hazards.
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If severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) returns this fall, is your hospital prepared? A lull in SARS activity is giving hospitals vital time to plan for a possible reemergence of the disease, which public health authorities say could occur this fall or winter.
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In the summer of 1971, Philip Zimbardo, PhD, was lead investigator on The Stanford Prison Experiment, a study designed to measure the psychological effects that imprisonment and authority would have on participants.
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In an ideal world, researchers working with mentally ill subjects would be able to present information about their studies in such clear, comprehensive, and organized ways that IRBs could be assured that participants know exactly what to expect.
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Current federal research regulations in the United States limit efforts to study emerging infectious diseases, and an alternative model is needed to allow a rapid response to immediate threats to public safety, a top U.S. researcher claims.
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In this issue of IRB Advisor, we are starting a new column designed to answer reader questions. If you have questions regarding IRB responsibilities, federal regulations, adverse event reporting, day- to-day functions, anything related to clarifying the duties and responsibilities of your IRB, wed like to know.
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As the scrutiny and duties of IRBs steadily increase, demanding ever more time from IRB members, it has become clear to some research universities and hospitals that there should be a change in whether and how IRB members are compensated for their time.
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Four years ago, when the IRB at McGuire Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Richmond, VA, needed software to support the IRBs work, there appeared to be very little commercial software available. So the IRB decided to create its own software.
