Medical Equipment
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Data Collection Center located within the Élisabeth-Bruyère Hospital provides researchers with equipment and technology run by experienced data collection staff.
Available equipment geared toward electronic data capture includes:
- Bone densitometer
- Spirometry
- Electrocardiogram
- Retinal scanners
- Tonometer
- Dynamometer
- Ultrasound imaging
Community Interviewers
Researchers interested in community-based data collection can access Bruyère Health Research Institute’s team of bilingual community-based data collection research assistants. Interviewers have extensive interviewing skills and experience in community-based data collection and are equipped with computers and their own vehicles.
Bruyère Health Research Institute offers a fully equipped phlebotomy and blood processing and storage laboratory located at the Bruyere Health Élisabeth-Bruyère Hospital for the collection and handling of blood, urine, or saliva. Additional available procedures include:
- Complete Blood Counts (CBC)
- Serum/plasma separation
- Buffy coat
- Platelets poor plasma (PPP)
- Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC)
- Collection of life cells
- Preparation of Gen-Plates
Functioning within a framework of standard operating policies and guidelines from Bruyère Health, Network of Networks (N2), and Health Canada, the Bruyère Health Research Institute laboratory is staffed by certified Medical Laboratory Assistants with expertise in venipuncture and clinical research. Staff have training in Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG), Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), Laboratory Management System (LIMS), and are certified annually in laboratory Standard Operating Policies.
All services around sample preparation for shipment within provincial, national, and international borders is provided by staff experienced in shipping samples using nitrogen containment carriers and working with central laboratories.