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Thank you to all who attended our fourth annual Karaoke and Cocktails event. Many of you joined us to belt out some of your favorite classic hits.
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Emergency Department Newburgh Campus
Emergency Department Cornwall Campus
Congratulations to the ED for their excellent scores in the patient satisfaction survey. Both campuses are now above the NYS benchmark. A celebration was held for the ED with members of the Executive staff, refreshments and a huge thank you. Keep up the great work!
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New Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines state that most cases of acute rhinosinusitis (~98%) are caused by viruses and should not be treated with antibiotics. The use of antibiotics with viral infections may increase antibiotic resistance, costs and the risk for adverse effects. For the 2% of cases that are bacterial, the new IDSA guidelines recommend treating with amoxicillin-clavulanate vs amoxicillin, the current standard of care. The addition of clavulanate helps to overcome antibiotic resistance by inhibiting an enzyme that breaks the antibiotic down. The guidelines also recommend against using other commonly used antibiotics, including azithromycin, clarithromycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, because of increasing drug resistance. Other IDSA recommendations include shorter treatment times with antibiotics in adult patients; avoidance of decongestants and antihistamines, which may worsen symptoms; and use of irrigation with sterile solution.
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Citalopram is not recommended for use at doses greater than 40 mg per day because such doses cause too large an effect on the QT interval and confer no additional benefit. Citalopram is not recommended for use in patients with congenital long QT syndrome, bradycardia, hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia; recent acute myocardial infarction; or uncompensated heart failure. Citalopram use is also not recommended in patients who are taking other drugs that prolong the QT interval. The maximum recommended dose of citalopram is 20 mg per day for patients with hepatic impairment, patients who are older than 60 years, patients who are CYP2C19 poor metabolizers or patients who are taking concomitant cimetidine (Tagamet, GlaxoSmithKline) or another CYP2C19 inhibitor, because these factors lead to increased blood levels of citalopram, increasing the risk for QT interval prolongation and torsade de pointes.
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We are proud to announce Jessica Stephens, SLCH Radiology Technologist II, as our Star of the Month! Jessica has been a member of the SLCH staff since 2005.
A patient and her grandmother were greeted by Jessica who took the time to explain the medicine and tests her granddaughter was going to receive. When asked if she liked her job Jessica replied “no, I love it,” and it shows! “Her positive attitude was contagious,” the patient’s family said.
Congratulations Jessica!
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Dr. Katie Taylor Boyd, our Clinical Pharmacist, was recently appointed Adjunct Faculty to the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine!
Katie’s new status as Adjunct Faculty to the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine is a valuable asset to SLCH organization.
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Newburgh Campus
Cornwall Campus
National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is April 22-28. Laboratory staff care for patients every day, performing and interpreting tests that get real results: they help save lives. When a loved one becomes sick, your patient care team collaborates to ensure the patient receives the right tests, the right diagnosis and the right treatment.
Every day, work in the laboratory including the pathologists’ reports contributes to more than 70% of all decisions about diagnosis, treatment, hospital admission and discharge. Please join us in celebrating and recognizing our medical laboratory professionals. Lab Week celebrates the dedicated professionals who are often the behind-the-scenes members of a laboratory team with one goal in mind—improved patient care and outcomes.
Thank you to our entire Lab staff!
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Let’s all thank the many volunteers at SLCH. This week is volunteer appreciation week and we can’t thank them enough for their continued dedication to our hospital.
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Thank you to our Emergency Department Staff for welcoming the Little Sprouts Nursery School of Wallkill. The children, ages three to five, recently visited for a Teddy Bear Clinic. Each child brought their teddies that were in need of some care.
Organized by Clinical Nurse Manager, Kathy Sheehan, the Emergency Department nurses worked with the children to fix their bears and make them feel better. They also got to see how an x-ray machine operates, by examining their animals.
The St. Luke’s Cornwall Health System Foundation will soon award annual scholarships to graduating high school seniors entering an accredited university or community college in fall of 2012. The scholarships will be provided in recognition of scholastic excellence and volunteerism.
The application deadline is April 23. For more information, please contact LaAsia Baldwin at 568-2391 or email lbaldwin@slchospital.org.
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Register today or just join us this Sunday, April 22 for Double Dash. Not a runner?
There will be plenty of fun for your entire
family including a health fair, car show and
several kids’ activities.
All proceeds go to the SLCH Center for Cardiac Care. To learn more or to register,
go to www.ocdoubledash.com.
The tenth annual Golf Outing is just around the corner! Join us on Thursday, June 14 at Trump National of the Hudson Valley. For more information, contact Sheila Rivera at 568-2585 or email srivera@slchospital.org.
Click here to download our save the date.
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Employee Journey to Wellness: Know Your Numbers - download |
Employee Journey to Wellness PPE - download |
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