Details
- Organisation Name: Mackay Institute of Research & Innovation (MIRI)
- HHS: Mackay
- Services Offered: Clinical Trial Site
- Website Address: www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/your-hospitals/proserpine-hospital/
- Contact: Research Support Unit Manager Gilyan Thorn - MIRI-RSU@health.qld.gov.au
- Other Affiliated Research Sites: Mackay Base Hospital
Location
-20.39971 - 148.58431
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?
2 weeks
Site Overview
33 bed facility 126km from Mackay and 68km from Bowen. It is the administrative/service centre and gateway to the Whitsunday Region by road; rail and air with population of 3,562.
HREC
- HREC Committee Name: Townsville HHS
- 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? N/A
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? N/A
Equipment
- Investigational Product: N/A
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: No
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: No
Investigational product storage Capabilities
- Refrigerator (2 to 8 Degrees C): Yes
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): No
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): No
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): No
- Does this equipment have back-up power? No
- Does this equipment provide Min/Max Temperature Monitoring? No
- Do you have the ability to generate a temperature monitoring log for this equipment? No
- Does this equipment have a temperature alarm? No
- Do you have an SOP which supports calibration of this equipment? No
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): No
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): No
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): No
- Does this equipment have back-up power? No
- Does this equipment provide Min/Max Temperature Monitoring? No
- Do you have the ability to generate a temperature monitoring log for this equipment? No
- Does this equipment have a temperature alarm? No
- Do you have an SOP which supports calibration of this equipment? No
Specialty Research Area
Telehealth
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?
2 weeks
Does the HREC committee require contract /budget approval prior to release final approval documents?
No
Does your Facility support in-patient admissions?
No
PK & PD specimens
Yes
Study Phase Capability
Phase III
Phase IV
Type of Diagnostic Equipment
CT Scan Computerized Tomography Scan
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Other
X-Ray
Patient Population
Adults - Ages 18-64
Geriatrics 65 and onwards