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Celebrating National Medical Laboratory Week

April 11, 2022 Each April, National Medical Laboratory Week is celebrated across Canada to promote awareness and understanding of the role of medical laboratory professionals in the health-care system. This week, we are pleased to recognize and thank the more than 560 medical laboratory...

Procedures

A-D E-H I-L M-P Q-T U-V W-Z A-D Abdominal Compartment Pressure Monitoring Quick Checklist Acute Pain service link to website CADD Epidural PCA Quick Review Air venting from IV sets (for patients with cardiac shunt) Arterial Line Assessment, Monitoring and Dressing Change Aminoglycoside levels...

Spring Food Drive 2022: Thank you for sharing

April 19, 2022 From March 14 to April 8, LHSC staff, doctors and volunteers donated a total of 484 lbs. of food and $1,236.37 to the London Food Bank , as part of the Spring Food Drive 2022 campaign. We sincerely appreciate your contribution to this initiative. A special thank you to the Portering...

Standards of Nursing Care: CCTC

A-D E-H I-L M-P Q-T U-Z A-D Arterial Line Monitoring Bedside Assessment Tools: Neuro Assessment Neuro Assessment Tools Pain, Sedation and Delirium Assessment Tools Vein (Peripher al IV) Site Assessment Safety Bundles Patient, Visitor and Health Care Worker Safety Standards Procedural Safety Pause...

Answering the call: Offering the gift of life to a fellow officer

Alain (left) and Chris (right), both officers with the Ontario Provincial Police, were strangers to each other before Chris donated a kidney to Alain. April 26, 2022 When Chris Halverson saw that a fellow officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) needed a kidney transplant, he was compelled...

National Volunteer Week: Small gestures with extraordinary impact

April 25, 2022 As we continue to celebrate National Volunteer Week, we want to highlight the important contribution that one of our volunteers has made in recent years. Combining hours of study with five straight years of volunteering is a rare achievement. Tobiah Ng, is a student at Western...

Celebrating award-winning excellence for paediatric Indigenous health care

Indigenous Youth Wellness Consultant, Nicole Yawney, receives the Children’s Miracle Network Canadian Impact Award April 19, 2022 With a listening ear, a helping hand and an abundance of expertise at the ready, Nicole Yawney connects Indigenous children, youth and families with traditional healing...

Virtual urgent care closes gaps to accessibility

April 22, 2022 In an effort to increase health care access for families, Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will extend its Virtual Paediatric Urgent Care Clinic beyond the pandemic in consultation with regional partners. Launched in May 2020 as a response to COVID-19, the...

Celebrating Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Week

From (left to right) Heather Bowles, Katie Mayberry. Absent – Selena Nyland-Bax. April 21, 2022 This week is nurses specialized in wound, ostomy, and continence (NSWOC) week and we are pleased to celebrate and thank the members of our Skin, Wound, Ostomy Team (SWOT). Please join us in recognizing...