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What is it?Books for Babes is a Pratt Regional Medical Center volunteer-sponsored literacy program for new moms, dads, and babies .The importance of reading is a message many PRMC volunteers have been working to communicate for several years. Who is it for?All babies born at Pratt Regional Medical…
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Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized efforts to decrease the occurrence of pressure ulcers. This has been a significant undertaking, considering the institution's population of older adults, debility, spinal cord injury and other…
In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hospital for Children held workshops with the staff to review policies and procedures for fire safety and evacuation. The staff received hands-on opportunities to respond to firerelated case…
Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in the inpatient, outpatient, emergency and surgical settings. The fine line between therapeutic and toxic pediatric doses presents potential risk. The hospital uses an evidence-based protocol based on…