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A working group of the National Vaccine Advisory Group, which advises the Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), developed the following recommendations to improve influenza vaccination of health care workers. They were all recently approved by the full committee and are now under consideration for adoption by the HHS.
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This advice for employers provides suggestions for handling common problems faced by employees with early dementia. It was excerpted from a guide created by the Alzheimers & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.
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Each fall, hospitals seek to vaccinate as many health care workers as possible against influenza. But what if you tried to vaccinate as many as possible in one day?
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At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, research compliance depends on a continuous loop of quality improvement and education, each enhancing the other.
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Cybercrime and data exposure pose a relatively new risk to research participants. IRBs have been addressing this threat in recent years, but they haven't given as much thought to their own responsibility and risk from wireless technology, an expert says.
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Keeping a small IRB in the know on the latest regulatory requirements, technological advances, etc., is a huge challenge. Some smaller IRBs have found that one cost-effective way to increase their knowledge of current requirements and trends is to be part of a networking group.
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Multisite studies are a continuing challenge for IRBs how do you review these protocols quickly and efficiently while preserving the autonomy of individual IRBs?
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Human research office managers sometimes need to identify ways to improve workflow and efficiency. One way to do this is to develop a process for evaluating resources and assessing needs, an expert advises.
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When an institution's study portfolio gets large enough, its IRB must decide: Is it time for a new board? And if so, how do you divide the work? At many institutions, that division is based on methodology studies are assigned to either a biomedical IRB or one devoted to social-behavioral studies.
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IRB administrators who use the Harvard Catalyst's ceded review system say it performs as promised providing a more efficient way for institutions that collaborate frequently to handle multisite studies.
