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Improving your mental health and wellbeing this time of year

January 25, 2023 The dog days of winter are here. The holiday season is long over, the days are still short and gloomy, and any encouraging signs of spring are still nowhere to be found. It’s a good time to check in with ourselves and each other. Judy Wilson, Nurse Case Manager for the Adult Mental...

Information Handouts for Postpartum and Newborn Care

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | L | N | O | P | S | T | W | Y A A Healthy Start for Baby and Me - Ontario's easy-to-read guide about pregnancy and birth - Best start B Baby's Second Night Bathing your Newborn Breast Fullness and Engorgement Breastfeeding After a CT Scan with Contrast Dye...

Procedure for Drawing Aminoglycoside Levels

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies...

Tracers during Accreditation

January 27, 2023 An on-site Accreditation Canada survey at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will take place in February 2023. In preparation for the on-site survey, the LHSC Accreditation Team is running tracers to help staff and physicians prepare for the survey. As patients and care partners...

Information and Procedure: Intra-Abdominal Pressure Monitoring

​​​​​​INDEX About Intra-abdominal Pressure Monitoring and Intra-abdominal Hypertension or Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Procedure for Measuring Intra-Abdominal Pressure (IAP) Documentation of Intra-Abdominal Pressures in One Chart Printable Checklist: Procedure for measuring Intra-Abdominal...

Procedure: Initiating Continuous Lateral Rotation Therapy (CLRT)

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies...

STANDARD OF CARE CENTRAL VENOUS MONITORING

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies Safe...

Southwestern Ontario Stroke Network accredited with Stroke Distinction (TM)

January 27, 2023 Accreditation Canada, the accreditation body that evaluates Canadian hospitals to ensure national standards are met, has accredited the Southwestern Ontario Stroke Network (SWOSN) with its Stroke Distinction TM designation. Stroke Distinction TM means that the Stroke Network and its...

Procedure: Defibrillation by Medical Directive

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies...

Procedure: Lidocaine Administration by Medical Directive

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies...