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The cost of operating institutional review boards is higher than previous estimates had indicated, according to a survey published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Physicians discussing clinical trials with their patients may not realize the importance of patients fears about side effects in making a decision about whether to participate.
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Only 75% of patients that begin clinical trials for drugs fully complete, according to a recent study by Cutting Edge Information in Research Triangle Park, NC, noting several reasons for this low completion rate.
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In the past few years, Hispanics have become the largest minority group in the United States, numbering nearly 41.3 million in the most recent U.S. Census estimates.
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Particularly at smaller institutions, IRB administrators who also serve as voting members can offer many benefits. They attend and coordinate all meetings, so counting them as members helps the board achieve quorum.
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In New London, CT, terrorists set off a car bomb on a crowded pier. The explosion at first belies the greater threat: Mustard gas disperses throughout the crowd attending a festival.
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Changing habits is a lot more difficult than switching to safety devices. Almost five years after passage of a federal law requiring the use of safer sharps, hospitals still are struggling to reduce needlesticks and sharps injuries.
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If another major terrorist event occurs in the United States, the protection of health care workers may be affected by confusion over whos in charge and what respiratory protection is needed, safety experts say.
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In an article on rapid HIV tests in the April 2005 issue of Hospital Employee Health, the explanation of the specificity and sensitivity of the tests was misstated.
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To resolve disagreement about what protection is needed to treat victims of bioterrorism when the agent is pneumonic plague, the New Jersey Depart-ment of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) in Trenton issued this guidance.
