HHS shuts down Michigan patient safety study
January 27th, 2008 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
More than 100 Michigan intensive-care units cut their average catheter-related bloodstream infection rate 66% by implementing a simple checklist of proven infection-control practices such as hand washing and removing unnecessary catheters.
But the Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office for Human Research Protections last fall ordered the hospitals to suspend collecting data documenting the research project’s success because researchers did not properly comply with federal regulations aimed at safeguarding patients.
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