Bling Bling in the ATL

I don't care if the boy calls me John Bolton, I am having difficulty stomaching the IRB. Protecting human subjects of research is a great and noble cause. But government bureaucracy makes a mockery of ethics. Come on. In 50 years, we went from Nazi doctors to this?????

(20) HHS regulations at 45 CFR 46.116(d) require that the IRB make and document four findings when approving a consent procedure which does not include, or which alters, some or all of the required elements of informed consent, or when waiving the requirement to obtain informed consent. OHRP recommends that when approving such a waiver for research reviewed by the convened IRB, these findings be documented in the minutes of the IRB meeting, including protocol-specific information justifying each IRB finding.

(21) OHRP recommends that each revision to a research protocol be incorporated into the written protocol. This practice ensures that there is only one complete protocol, with the revision dates noted on each revised page and on the first page of the protocol itself. This procedure is consistent with the procedure used for revised and approved informed consent documents, which then supersede all previous versions.

On a related note, its been amusing watching Georgia drivers acclimate themselves to the rotary (roundabout) the traffic-calmers built down the street. Nobody knows what to do or where to go. A week ago, someone put up a weirdo metal statue of a guy pointing, and ONE WAY signs around the circumference of the rotary. This morning, the signs were sticking out every which way. Some uncalm Boss Hogg fool blasted right over and through the median circle in the center.