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Question: Should an IRB have a conflict of interest (COI) policy? If so, what should be in it?
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As long as local protocols continue to enroll subjects and collect data, they must submit to annual reviews by the institutional review board. But what happens once the study concludes, enrollment is closed, and all data are collected? What obligation does the IRB have to continue monitoring the study?
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One of the major fraud prevention efforts over the past decade has been the development and publication of compliance program guidance (CPG) for various aspects of the health care industry. Most recently, we have seen this effort with respect to the pharmaceutical industry and a focus on its relationship to health care providers.
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The four-year-old Goodwyn IRB of Cincinnati has a unique challenge when its time for the board to meet and discuss protocols because the members are scientific and ethical experts who are spread out across North America.
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The four-year-old Goodwyn IRB of Cincinnati has a unique challenge when its time for the board to meet and discuss protocols because the members are scientific and ethical experts who are spread out across North America.
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The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of Bethesda, MD, established several years ago the role of research subject advocates (RSAs) for the purpose of providing an additional level of monitoring for research projects involving human subjects.
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Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic was its patterns of spread. Sometimes, few people became infected, despite exposure. In other cases, dozens of people became ill.
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In the past outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), some visitors, patients, and employees were exposed to the virus before anyone was aware that another patient or visitor was infected.
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Health care workers with pneumonia may be the sentinels for a new outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Faced with the dilemma of identifying the first suspected cases of SARS amid a backdrop of widespread, seasonal respiratory illness, public health authorities are urging hospitals to monitor their employees health.
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Dont forget, new Patient Safety Goals including reducing nosocomial infections go into effect as of Jan 1, 2004.