Health Matters | Vol 5 | Issue 4

46 HealtH Matters
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NEWS – dublin mid-leinSter
tullAmore blood bAnk committed
to HigHeSt StAndArdS
tHe BlOOD BaNK at the Midland regional units of blood for transfusion to patients
Hospital, tullamore, was recently presented attending the hospital.
with an accreditation Certificate by the Irish Commenting on the award, ann Walshe,
National accreditation Board (INaB). laboratory Manager at the hospital said,
INaB Chairperson, Dr Maire Walsh, made the “accreditation of the Blood Bank is a great
presentation. achievement and evidence that it is working
the Blood Bank provides an extensive to consistently highest standards.
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Back Row - Left to Right: Sonya Kleeman,
24-hour service to all hospital wards “the accreditation award ensures that
Dietician; Mary Campbell, Public Health Nurse;
Elaine Hickey, Public Health Nurse; Celine Judge,
and is the biggest user of blood in the patients and staff using the Blood Bank
Team Development Ofﬁ cer; Gerry O'Dwyer, Regional
Midlands. It provides support in particular to can be confident of the quality, safety and
Director of Operations (RDO); Dymphna O'Hara,
patients attending the regional Oncology/ reliability of the service,” she added. RGN; Mary Conway, Home Help Co -ordinator;
Haematology Unit, the renal Dialysis Unit the remaining departments in the
Fiodhna Burke, Speech & Language Therapist; Dr
and regional Orthopaedic Unit and provides Pathology laboratory are working towards
Deirdre O'Gorman, GP. Front Row - Left to Right:
Ann Staunton, Public Health Nurse; Dr Helen Cronin,
an essential service to trauma patients accreditation and all work practices and
GP; Deirdre Cawley, Senior Physiotherapist; Achmat
admitted following road traffic accidents, as equipment are currently being upgraded to
Issacs Achmat, Physiotherapy Manager; Dr Maeve
the hospital is the ‘trauma centre’ for laois/ meet the IsO 15189: 2007 standard. Kelly GP.
Offaly/longford and Westmeath. For further information on the INaB
dublin mid-leinSter
In 2008, the Blood Bank performed 4,259 accreditation, please contact 01 607 3003 or
blood group tests and cross-matched 4,560 visit www.inab.ie. tArget of 150
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Presentation of Accreditation Certiﬁ cate for Blood
primAry cAre teAmS
Bank at Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore; L –
> the new Hse regional Director of
R: Shay Conroy, Quality Ofﬁ cer; Regina Creighton,
Operations for Dublin Mid leinster, Mr Gerry
Chief Medical Scientist Blood Bank; Dr Maire Walsh,
O’Dwyer, offi cially launched the Dalkey Primary
Chairperson Irish National Accreditation Board; Dr.
Care team in October this year. the Dalkey
Kanti Perera, Consultant Haematologist; Mari Fitzgerald,
team serves a population of approximately
Laboratory Quality Ofﬁ cer; Ann Walshe, Laboratory
6,700 covering Dalkey and the surrounding
Manager; Denise Murphy Haemovigilance Ofﬁ cer.
areas with the support of Dr louis lavelle
and Dr Helen Cronin and a team of allied
volunteerS rAiSe €127,000 for
health professionals, which included a
HydrotHerApy pool
physiotherapist, psychologist, occupational
therapist and dietician.
t
he Friends of the Midland regional hospital for over 25 years, starting in the services provided by the team include: GP
Hospital in tullamore presented a early 1980s by donating high-dependency services; community nursing; physiotherapy;
cheque for e127,000 to the Hse at variable height beds for the Intensive Care occupational therapy; home help and
a special event held at the new hospital Unit, and as time and needs moved on, network services including psychology,
recently. Claire Donnelly, Physiotherapy relatives’ rooms were furnished and dietetics, community welfare, speech and
Manager, accepted the cheque on behalf of departments equipped, including a state of language therapy.
the Hse. the funding fulfilled the Friends of the art endoscopy unit and Cat scanner the team will serve to strengthen the
the Hospital commitment to fund 10 per which served the whole of the Midland primary care system in the Dalkey area and
cent of the capital cost of the hydrotherapy area. the funds raised have come from the play a more central role as the first and
pool. sister Damien of the Mercy sisters in many events organised by the hospital staff ongoing point of contact for clients within
tullamore formally opened the healing and organisations as diverse as the lions the health-care system. the team currently
garden. a special Blessing Ceremony was Club, an Dubh ri, a Bikers’ Club and not engages in clinical team meetings to plan
carried out by Clergy from the four Christian forgetting the staff’s constant support for integrated patient care.
Churches, and Mr Osama abdelsalam, a the 300 Club, which was set up in 1983 by the Dalkey team is one of 16 teams planned
surgeon at the hospital, who represented Mary McGill, assistant Matron at the for the Dublin south local Health Office. By
the Muslim community from the area. the Hospital, and which is still going strong. the end of this year, an estimated 79 teams will
service was led by the Catholic Chaplain to be functioning throughout Dublin Mid leinster.
the Hospital, rev Fr seamus O’Connor. For further information on Friends of the a further 36 teams will be launched in 2010
the Friends of the Hospital have been Hospital in Tullamore, please contact and an additional 35 are planned for 2011,
supplying comforts and aids to care at the Bernie Mann at 057 9321501. bringing to a total of 150 Primary Care teams
planned for Dublin Mid leinster.
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