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When research involves an international or multicultural population, there can be informed consent issues that no one anticipates not even the best-informed IRB.
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As the hurricane season picks up and the potential for other types of emergencies continues, a research institution might find it necessary to transfer its IRB-approved research to another institution. Or an IRB simply might need to transfer a single study for a variety of reasons. Federal guidance on how to handle these contingencies now is available.
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IRBs could improve and expedite their review process by hiring someone to pre-review submissions, an expert suggests.
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A survey of nearly 5,500 cancer patients found that those with lower incomes were less likely to be enrolled in clinical trials, and more likely to be concerned about paying for participation in a trial.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention answers to common questions on reporting health care worker influenza vaccination rates include the following.
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Your influenza vaccination campaign is coming into the public spotlight, and that means more pressure than ever on the logistics of administering and tracking those vaccinations.
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Health department rules are broadening the scope of mandatory influenza vaccination policies, even as critics assail the policies as punitive and not science-based.
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About one-third of health care workers fail to get their annual flu shot. But look behind those numbers and youll find the true disparity: Barely more than half of long-term care workers received the flu vaccine last year, while the rate for hospital employees reached an all-time high of 77%.
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When a coronavirus recently caused two cases of severe respiratory illness in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, it was hard not to think of the challenging and deadly experience with another coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
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The most dangerous thing some of your employees may do each day is just sitting at their desk. Sedentary behavior long hours of sitting can increase metabolic and cardiovascular risks, even in someone who gets regular exercise on most days.
