Details
- Organisation Name: Toowoomba Hospital
- HHS: Darling Downs
- Services Offered: Clinical Trial Site;Clinical Trial Administration
- Website Address: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/services/darlingdowns/ddowns-toowoomba-hs
- Contact: Clinical Trials Manager - ddhhs-clinicaltrials@health.qld.gov.au
- Other Affiliated Research Sites: Gold Coast
Location
-27.57046326293456, 151.94613049104908
Is your Facility able to initiate study activities prior to Ethics Committee protocol approval?
No
How long before Ethics Committee review is the Submission Packet required?
3 weeks
Site Overview
Large public hospital servicing up to 500 beds. Toowoomba Hospital has historical significance as a good example of an operating public hospital dating from the 1880s; demonstrating phases of development reflecting changes in healthcare technology and public health conceptions. Freshney House and Cossart House; both former nurses' quarters are of particular historical interest in demonstrating the development of nursing education and the nursing profession in the state.
HREC
- HREC Committee Name: Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service HREC
- Meeting frequency: Monthly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Central Acting as Local
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes
- Meeting frequency: Monthly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Central Acting as Local
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes
Facility staffing and training
- Handling Investigational Product: Yes
- Training program for the research staff: Yes
- Include GCP: Yes
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: Yes
- Training program for the research staff: Yes
- Include GCP: Yes
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: Yes
Licenses to receive, store, dispense and return controlled substances
- Required Licenses or Registrations: Yes
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? Yes
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? Yes
Equipment
- Investigational Product: Extemporaneous Preparation
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
Investigational product storage Capabilities
- Refrigerator (2 to 8 Degrees C): Yes
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): No
- Does this equipment have back-up power? Yes
- Does this equipment provide Min/Max Temperature Monitoring? Yes
- Do you have the ability to generate a temperature monitoring log for this equipment? Yes
- Does this equipment have a temperature alarm? Yes
- Do you have an SOP which supports calibration of this equipment? Yes
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): No
- Does this equipment have back-up power? Yes
- Does this equipment provide Min/Max Temperature Monitoring? Yes
- Do you have the ability to generate a temperature monitoring log for this equipment? Yes
- Does this equipment have a temperature alarm? Yes
- Do you have an SOP which supports calibration of this equipment? Yes
Specialty Research Area
Cardiovascular Diseases
Critical Care
Fluids
Sedation
Sepsis
Study Types
Academic
Industry
Investigator
Source Document Types
Paper and Electronic
Average time to start study (in calendar days)
Greater than 120
How long prior to HREC meeting does the application need to be submitted?
Greater than 2 weeks
Does your Facility support in-patient admissions?
No
PK & PD specimens
Yes
Study Phase Capability
Phase III
Type of Diagnostic Equipment
Other
Patient Population
Adults - Ages 18-64
Geriatrics 65 and onwards