Staff

Patient safety is the primary concern of all Clinical Research Unit (CRU) staff members. To that end, clinical emergency response teams provide emergency medical coverage for the unit 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Additionally, nursing staff in the CRU are responsible for the quality of patient care and clinical research conducted within the unit. All nurses undergo annual Mayo Clinic Department of Nursing competency and CRU-specific competency evaluations. Due to the great diversity in research participants that come through the unit, the CRU maintains a comprehensive, ongoing training program geared toward the unique demands of research.

Each protocol conducted in the CRU is assigned a CRU registered nurse (RN) coordinator to help facilitate protocol implementation and act as a resource for the investigator, study team and CRU staff.

In addition to nurses many other staff members play important roles in the research process:

• Research Support Technicians (RST) assist with venious access, sample processing, ECGs and patient care activities.
• Respiratory therapists provide technical support for indirect calorimetry and body composition measurements.
• Unit secretaries provide desk reception and participant flow management.
• Schedulers work with study teams to schedule participants.

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