April 2020
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Supporting local industry through COVID-19
’Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” Mary Shelly Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is in demand for staff on the frontline of fighting COVID-19. When Nicholas Romeo, the Head Scientist and Lab Manager of the Respiratory Department at Northern Health, first heard
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Creativity in a time of COVID-19
With increased physical distancing measures and stage three restrictions currently in place, our staff have been spending their days off, quite differently lately. A number of them have found creative ways to spend their time at home and express themselves through their cooking, sewing, weaving, gardening, photography, art – even dance and carpentry! Wanda Stelmach, our
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PPE donation arrives
A donation of valuable PPE equipment arrived yesterday to Northern Hospital Epping, with boxes of N95 masks and protective gowns. Lucy Liu, Vice President of MedFamily, the organisation behind the generous donation, said it all started because they wanted to help with PPE and to help hospitals fight COVID-19. Annie Cao, MedFamily member, said the
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New ‘Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting’ model
Towards the latter half of the year, Northern Health Pharmacy will be implementing the Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) model. This will allow for a more collaborative approach to improving patient care through the quality use of medications. Carol Ly, Deputy Director Pharmacy explained this model was developed to reduce the incidence of medication errors
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Keeping us safely connected: our ICT team
In the past month, our Information and Communication Technology (ICT) team, has been working on numerous improvements and initiatives to help the organisation adapt to modified ways of daily operations. “These few weeks were really about setting up tools for video conferencing and remote working,” said David Ryan, Chief Information Officer. “We had to look
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Record number of twins in Northern Hospital Neonatal Unit
In March, the Neonatal Unit at Northern Hospital Epping cared for five sets of twins – a record number of twins in the Unit at the same time. The twins were all born within days of each other, comprising of seven girls and three boys. Barbara Rischitelli, Neonatal Nurse Unit Manager, said, “We were delighted
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Channel 7 News: Northern Health prepared for COVID-19 pandemic
Our staff on the front line are working hard to protect our community. Yesterday, we welcomed Channel 7 News to Northern Hospital Epping to interview Associate Professor Craig Aboltins, Director of Infectious Diseases, and Madelaine Flynn, Infection Prevention Manager, about our response and preparedness for the COVID-19 outbreak. Our Fever Clinic at Northern Hospital was
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Q&A with Dr Christian McGrath on COVID-19
When COVID-19 pandemic started, Dr McGrath, General and Infectious Diseases Physician took the role of clinical leadership for the COVID-19 response at Northern Health. He has been answering staff questions through regular Chief Executive Forums which were live streamed across campuses. Today, he further explains how we are preparing our pandemic response and offers some