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Add up the number of citations of noncompliance related to IRB issues that the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) at the Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, MD, handed out between October 1998 and June 2002 and the numbers are pretty staggering. Of the 1,120 citations given to 155 institutions, 1,014 of them say something about IRB noncompliance and deficiencies.
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Bernard Schwetz to head OHRP.
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With the flu season upon us and only half the normal supply of vaccine available, ED managers are preparing and bracing for a greater influx of flu patients this year.
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If the flu vaccine shortage leads to a significant surge in flu patients, maintaining optimal staff health will be critical to providing adequate care for those patients, observers agree.
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Provide surgical masks to all patients with symptoms of a respiratory illness. Provide instructions on the proper use and disposal of masks.
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In our November issue, EDM featured strategies and methods employed at Grady Hospital in Atlanta and University Hospital in San Antonio, which made their programs successful. We continue our series with this article.
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Common wisdom may say that the nations EDs are being filled up with the uninsured, but a new study on EDs asserts that more than 80% of patients seen in EDs have health insurance and a usual source of health care such as a primary care physician.