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For years, IRBs have been urged to improve the diversity of their memberships by adding unaffiliated and nonscientist members; the theory being that lay members bring a greater emphasis on the subject's perspective, and can more easily ensure that subjects understand informed consent.
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While a devastating Category 5 hurricane may not be a realistic threat to your IRB's operations, there are still a number of disaster scenarios that could cause evacuations and region-wide disruptions in communications everything from earthquakes and flooding to potential Sept. 11-style terrorist attacks.
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For many IRB offices, it's difficult to find time to handle the daily ethics review work, and so revising policies and implementing new policies can be a difficult challenge.
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Two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and caused a mass evacuation of New Orleans, research institutions in the city are still recovering.
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A woman in therapy following knee replacement surgery was using a continuous passive motion machine to aid in strengthening her knee without her muscles being used. She fell asleep while using the machine, and it subsequently tipped over and twisted her knee.
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After receiving treatment at a hospital for an infection of his heel bone, a young boy was discharged with instructions for his mother to administer antibiotics several times a day for the next three weeks.
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Under newly revised interpretive guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informed consent, hospitals are required to list all people performing "specific significant surgical tasks."
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In today's competitive world of health care, lawsuits involving claims of misappropriation of trade secrets are becoming increasingly common among competitors.
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More than a year after an elderly hospital patient was found wandering a crime-ridden area in a hospital gown and slippers, the nation's largest HMO agreed in a settlement with the city to changes aimed at ending the dumping of homeless patients on streets.