Facilities, equipment and other services
UM-CTRS investigators and their study teams should use the CTRS Services/Resources Request Form to access the following facilities and equipment:
Facilities
- Clinical examination rooms equipped with an exam table, infusion chair, vital signs monitor, and sink
- Phlebotomy room equipped with three infusion chairs
- Interview rooms equipped with internet access, table and chairs
- Small specimen processing room equipped with refrigerated centrifuges, standard microscope, refrigerator and a -20°C freezer
- Specimen storage room equipped with a -80°C freezer
- Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Equipment
- Automated vital signs monitor
- Pulse oximetry
- 12-lead ECG
- Intravenous infusion pumps
- Glucometer
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)
- iDXA Densitometer (Lunar, GE)
Other Services
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)
- Anthropometry (circumferences and skinfolds)
- Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA): body composition (lean and fat mass) and bone mineral density
- Complete Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
- Study Coordination
- Protocol specific assessments