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As the world faces its first flu pandemic in more than 40 years, researchers say slow, complicated ethics review processes hinder their ability to respond effectively to emerging infectious diseases.
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Keeping IRB chairs and members updated and well informed can be challenging when an institution's human subjects research is rapidly expanding.
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No matter what size your IRB is, you can move to an electronic process for IRB submissions, reviews, and management.
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Some larger research institutions in recent years have taken incremental steps to having an electronic IRB submission, review, and documentation process. But transitioning to a paperless process has been more of a challenge for smaller IRBs and institutions.
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Gaining approvals from 36 IRBs for a multisite, multilingual epidemiologic study of tuberculosis gave Dolly Katz, who serves on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's IRB, insight as to what it's like on the other side of the protocol.
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The office of protocol research at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, has created comprehensive guidelines that IRB members can use as they present their findings and opinions of protocols.
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A federal undercover investigation into possible vulnerabilities in the IRB review system has led to the closure of one independent IRB, and has left other IRBs wondering whether the due diligence they exercise is diligent enough.
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There isn't a black and white answer when an IRB discovers that a human subjects research site has collected some data that is tainted by a protocol violation.
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IRB staff can greatly improve how the IRB meeting minutes are written by following a few helpful hints, experts say.
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There might not be any shortcuts to creating the most accurate and thorough IRB reviews and meeting minutes, but it is possible to make these consistent and accurate with a well-thought-out process.