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Ethical Misconduct Is Main Reason for Retracted Autism Studies
There have been quite a few retractions of studies in the past few years as it has become easier to automatically scan for faulty or manipulated data. There is a concern the pressure to publish can lead a small group of scientists to commit fraud rather than pursue the truth. Overall, this remains a fairly uncommon occurrence, but any fraud is disturbing.
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Did Study End Early? There Is an Ethical Obligation to Participants
Research participants consent to take on risk for the benefit of others, not for their own benefit. If a trial ends prematurely, researchers should tell participants. Investigators also must ensure any risks participants accepted are mitigated to the fullest extent possible.
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Ethical Considerations When Using Gene-Editing Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
Like any other treatment, it is important patients are aware of limitations, but without crushing their hopes that a cure might be feasible.
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Ethical Problems When Using Artificial Intelligence Assistance During Surgery
AI-assisted surgery raises some of the same ethical issues as similar tools in healthcare, such as bias and data privacy. However, some problems are specific to surgery.
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Emerging Ethical Issues to Consider When Conducting Community-Engaged Research
Does the community representative possibly have a conflict of interest? How will any monetary incentives to participate in the study be distributed? Is the incentive for individual patients or the whole community?
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Preparing for Fresh Concerns of Poliovirus and Acute Flaccid Myelitis
What will be the next health crisis? Could it be wild-type poliovirus, vaccine-derived poliovirus, or the similar condition of acute flaccid myelitis? Are you prepared to recognize and anticipate the complications? The authors prepare clinicians for the acute management of each of these conditions.
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SHEA 2023: Pandemic Past Must Inform the Future
Part post-mortem, part vision quest, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2023 meeting largely was a look at the pandemic past and what beasts are yet to come.
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SHEA 2023: C. auris Spreads Across Healthcare Continuum
The first cluster of pediatric patients with Candida auris and the ability of the emerging fungal pathogen to spread rapidly across the healthcare continuum were revealed in outbreak reports at the recent conference of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
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EPA Ethylene Oxide Reg Would Affect Hospitals
Citing the risk of cancer to healthcare workers, employees of commercial sterilizers, and the neighborhoods that surround the facilities, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed regulations to reduce use and prevent exposures to ethylene oxide gas sterilant.
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Project Firstline: Creating a Culture of Shared Responsibility
About three years into an experiment to teach infection control basics to healthcare workers in short snippets directly online, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is doubling down on Project Firstline as key preparation for the next pandemic.