General Clinical Research Center
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Outpatient Research Facility
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Years ago, research patients were kept under
"lock and key." They were under 24-hour surveillance and could not leave the
research unit unless escorted by research personnel. Not so today!
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| Although some research subjects stay days or weeks on the research unit,
most live at home, go to school, and maintain their normal activities and hobbies. Special
tests, interviews and sample collections are made during daytime visits to the unit and
"take out" research meals are eaten at home. This greater flexibility allows
investigators to study people under their normal living conditions, reduces the cost of
research, and encourages more people to participate. |
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Participants returning for outpatient visits on the 2nd floor enjoy the comfortable surroundings of our waiting room
where television, newspapers, magazines, and coffee are available. Pictured
left: Research Assistants Yogita Butani and Kati Thomsen
meet with family members participating in a dental study. |
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Outpatient facilities
are available for private interviews, physical exams, data management,
and group sessions.
Because the GCRC is open 24 hours per day, outpatient visits can be scheduled at any time
throughout the day or night, for short or long time periods. The nursing staff also
provide on-site blood and urine processing and bedside monitoring of vital signs.
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