Clinical Research Development and Operations Center: Clinical Operations Services
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Linda Rice
Director of Operations
Manager, Inpatient Unit
(859) 323-6481
linda.rice@uky.edu
Mary Wethington
Manager, Outpatient Unit
(859) 323-1751
mary.wethington@uky.edu
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Clinical Operations Services

Following is a list of some of the services provided by the Clinical Operations unit:

  • Administer survey/questionnaires, screening patients for inclusion, assist with examinations, chart review.
  • Assist with bedside procedures, including conscious sedation.
  • Conduct patient education.
  • Conduct pharmacokinetic studies.
  • Coordinate inpatient and outpatient studies.
  • Disperse or administer investigational medications and study agents, including chemotherapy and inoculations.
  • Implementation of phase I, II, III and IV clinical trials, grant funded protocols or investigator initiated trials.
  • Obtain, process and ship lab specimens (DOT/IATA certified).
  • Perform physiological measurements such as vital signs, EKG and cardiac monitoring.
  • Perform tests, monitor responses to interventions, and collect research data.
  • Provide adverse events surveillance, attend site visits, develop study and source documents, complete source and case report forms, and maintain regulatory documents.
  • Provide nursing care to adult and pediatric subjects.