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Sharps injuries from suture needles aren't necessarily happening in the operating room. As Sinai Health System in Chicago discovered, they may occur during the insertion of central lines or other procedures outside the OR. And they can be prevented.
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Your hospital may be causing your workers pain and not just for the reasons you think. Job stress, including harassment from coworkers or unsupportive supervisors, contributes to musculoskeletal pain and injury and a host of other problems, according to a growing body of research.
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In recent years, there has been a push for hospitals to receive organs from donors who are not technically brain dead.
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In a commentary on the biosecurity controversy surrounding publication of bird flu research details, a bioethicist and a vaccine expert at Johns Hopkins reaffirm that "all scientists have an affirmative ethical obligation to avoid contributing to the advancement of biowarfare and bioterrorism," but that there are not sufficient structures in place to evaluate potential societal risks.
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Add another voice to the national conversation on improving protection of research participants: The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, which recently released its recommendations for reforming federal oversight of human subjects' research.
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On Nov. 24, 2009, President Obama established The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to advise him on bioethical issues generated by novel and emerging research in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has recently thrown out a lower court ruling that allows human genes to be patented. This topic is of great importance to cancer researchers, patients, and drugmakers.
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Donor Alliance, a Denver-based federally designated non-profit organ procurement organization, and American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB), a McLean, VA-based accredited tissue bank, have announced results from an initiative designed to study the public's perception of organ, eye, and tissue donation.
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Researchers and review boards should pay close attention to informed consent comprehension among all research participants, but this attentiveness is especially needed for people from a high-risk population.
