The blood bank process serving patients in the emergency department at Kettering Greene Memorial Hospital will temporarily change to the process currently utilized by all free-standing emergency departments. This process is known as emergency release. Effective immediately, blood distribution to the ED for patients requiring blood product will receive Type O-positive or Type O-negative following…
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Masking and Return to Work Update
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Due to the rise in COVID-19 case rate and hospitalizations, masks are required in all areas at all Kettering Health facilities, including administrative buildings, unless eating or drinking or if a person is alone in an individual office. The return to work timeframe has also been updated.
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Reminder of Return to Work Guidelines
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As a reminder of the COVID-19 testing and Employee Health guidance issued on 5.9.22: Employees are no longer required to call Employee Health for a COVID-19 test referral. Employees are to seek testing from their PCP or community PCR testing site Employees are to: Call Employee Health with their witnessed PCR COVID-19 test results (at…
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Nuclear Medicine Call Coverage Is Changing
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Beginning Monday, July 18, 2022, Kettering Health Nuclear Medicine departments will discontinue call services at Kettering Health Dayton, Kettering Health Main Campus, Kettering Health Miamisburg, and Kettering Health Washington Township after 10 p.m., 7 days per week. Weekend call services will be available 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Urgent studies ordered overnight will be completed at the start of…
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Changes to COVID-19 Therapy Algorithm
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As you are aware, the Department of Health and Human Services has placed the therapeutic monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab, used to treat COVID-19 infection, on a state-administered allocation. The Ohio Department of Health will allocate supply weekly to hospitals and health systems based on case count and supply availability. Based on estimated allocation, current usage, and…
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Changes in COVID Collection Swabs
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Notification for all collectors of COVID PCR specimens: Swabs may look different after Friday, July 1, 2022, due to vendor supply changes. Swabs are dry. Uninoculated swabs are stored at room temperature. Source collection is still nasopharyngeal. Test ordering does not change. Testing method does not change. Please see the two attached documents. COVPCRSwab shows…
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COVID-19 and Airborne Isolation Room “Stop” Sign – Order From Print Shop
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Concerns have been raised about visitors entering isolation rooms without appropriate PPE. Therefore, the following sign below should be placed on doors leading to COVID-19 or airborne patient isolation rooms. We want to ensure that visitors see staff before entering the patient room and that appropriate PPE is applied for their safety. Clinical nurse managers…
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AAPI Heritage Month Week 4 Resources
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Podcast – Model Majorities “A podcast about politics, culture, and life through the eyes of two Asian-American grassroots organizers–former members of (a lot of) political campaigns, the Obama White House, Department of Commerce, the DNC; currently in tech and Hollywood. We have stuff to say.” Book– The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika…
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Dr. David Ho
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David Ho, MD, is a Taiwanese-American researcher, physician and virologist. He is one of the founders of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University. Early in the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Ho and his team were instrumental in developing AIDS treatments, and “transforming an automatic death sentence into…
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Jen Shull
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Jen Shull serves as executive vice president and chief nursing officer for Kettering Health. Her and her family joined Kettering Health in 2017, when she became chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care for Kettering Health Hamilton. She became the system chief nursing officer in 2020. Before joining Kettering Health, Jen spent the…