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LOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL GETS HAEMATOLOGY ACCREDITATION
THE SCOPE OF accreditation of the laboratory at Louth County Hospital has been extended to include Haematology. Last year, the Irish national Accreditation Board (InAB) presented Accreditation Certificates to the Blood Transfusion departments of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan and Louth County Hospital, dundalk. Recently, the InAB awarded accreditation to the laboratory at Louth County Hospital to include Haematology. Louth County Hospital is now one of six hospital haematology laboratories in the country to be awarded accreditation by InAB to date. The hospital had received registration
from the InAB and was granted the International Organisation for Standardisation Award ISo 15189 Certificate from the Board of InAB for the quality of service at the Blood Bank of the hospital. This involved the establishment of a rigorous Quality Management System and intensive internal audit programme in the Blood Bank laboratory, phlebotomy and haemovigilance to achieve the certification. This award now includes the Haematology Department.
+ (l-R): margaret Scott, Asst Director of Nursing, Cavan General Hospital, ‘Tommy Brady, local fundraiser, Irish Hospice Foundation; Eilish Sweeney, CNM2 Emergency department; Bridget Clarke, Bereavement Committee, Cavan General Hospital; and Brian nolan, Irish Hospice Foundation Bereavement Co-ordinator.
BEREAVED RELATIVES AREA FOR CAVAN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
A nEw BEREAvEd RElATIvES Area opened in the Emergency Department of Cavan General Hospital in February. The area was developed specifically for bereaved relatives of patients who die in the
Emergency Department. The facility enables the deceased patient to be viewed by their loved ones in a separate room in which they will not be disturbed, and which provides an appropriately dignified setting for the patient and their loved ones. It was developed as part of the ongoing work of the death, dying and Bereavement Committee in Cavan general Hospital and the Hospice Friendly Hospitals (HFH) Programme. The development was supported by the local Irish Hospice Foundation from funds raised locally in the Cavan/Monaghan community.
HAnd InjuRy SERvICE In noRTH EAST A SPECIAL SERVICE for patients with hand
injuries or conditions is being provided in the north east area. The Hand Therapy service is being provided by three Senior Occupational Therapists: Mohamud Amin, deirdre Harmon and Philomena Brady. The service provides hand assessment and therapy to maximise hand function following hand injury, surgery or disease. All three have British Association of Hand Therapy qualifications and two have experience of working in the Burns and Plastics unit in dublin’s St james’s Hospital. One therapist is currently pursuing an M
u an MSc in Hand Therapy.
At present, referrals are received from the Orthopaedic Consultants of Our
Occupational Therapy treatments
of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for patients both post- surgery and with soft-tissue injuries. Occupational
include: splinting, scar management, swelling control, sensory retraining and desensitisation, pain management following hand injury and advice on hand function. The team greatly appreciate the support and the co-operation of the Orthopaedic Consultants in utilising this information. Patients from the North East who attend Dublin hospitals are also referred to local centres for Hand Therapy. A very good working relationship exists between the Plastics Team in St james’s Hospital and the Hand Therapy Service in the North East. For further information contact: Mohamud Amin, Senior Occupational Therapist, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. Tel: (046) 907 8548. Deirdre Harmon, Louth County Hospital, dundalk. Tel: (042) 938 1238 Philomena Brady, virginia Primary Care Team. Tel: (049) 854 6282.
+ (l-R): Philomena Brady, mohamud Amin and deirdre Harmon, Senior occupational Therapists who provide a Hand Therapy Service in the North East region.
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