2020
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Central Specimen Reception (CSR): At the centre of COVID-19 testing
Prior to COVID-19, a busy day at Northern Pathology Victoria would be to register between 1200 to 1300 requests a day. “However with the latest outbreak and lockdown, we have seen the volume of testing increase quite dramatically. At one stage, we were processing approximately 1500 swabs a day” says, Dr Frank Hong, Director, Northern Pathology
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New programs to increase staff wellbeing
Northern Health’s wellbeing team is announcing two initiatives to support staff wellbeing and health at this difficult time: “Sleepfit at Home” and “TREAT – 6 weeks online rest and recovery program”. Created by Jo Gibbs, healthcare worker, Therapeutic Relaxation And Enhanced Awareness Training or ‘Treat’ is a unique self-care and self-awareness workplace program that has
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Postcard to my younger self: Andrew Nixon
To celebrate the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we asked a selection of staff who exemplify the key qualities of a nurse/midwife to write a ‘postcard to their younger self’ and offer insight and advice. Andrew Nixon, Nurse Unit Manager, Ward 5, had this to say to his younger self: “Be patient. You
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Pharmacy in times of COVID-19
In the current times of a pandemic, various Northern Health departments had to change their work processes and quickly adapt to the new normal. Pharmacy is one of our departments playing an instrumental role in managing our response to the pandemic, and it has been involved in a few different ways. “One of our primary
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Volunteers donate bariatric wheelchair to Broadmeadows Dialysis Unit
Our Northern Health volunteers, in collaboration with Northern Heath Foundation, raised funds to support the purchase of a bariatric wheelchair for the Broadmeadows Hospital Dialysis Unit. Led by Nurse Unit Manager, Cheryl Rofe, the Broadmeadows Dialysis Unit were thrilled to receive the wheelchair to help support their patients. Bariatric wheelchairs are designed to meet the
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Welcome Queensland nurses
Twenty-seven Queensland Health nurses have come to Melbourne to help out with the virus outbreak. Expressions of interest were sent out to nurses in the Sunshine State on whether they would like to be deployed to Melbourne to help with the COVID-19 response. “From the twenty-seven nurses, Northern Health now has nine nurses, who are
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#ThanksHealthHeroes
We are extremely proud and appreciative of all of our dedicated staff and the amazing work they have been doing over the last four months to fight COVID-19 together and protect our community. Our hard work and commitment hasn’t gone unnoticed and we have received many comments and words of appreciation on our social media
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Transformation never stops
The High Reliability Organisation (HRO) and Project Management team have been working on a number of initiatives, both in the quality and safety space, and in finding new ways and initiatives for the organisation to adapt to the new normal. Quantum is one of those projects that the team has been working on, with Brooke