Leaders in Patient Care
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Employee Health Services maintain a healthy work environment despite challenges
Safety first. This saying guides the work of our Employee Health Services (EHS) team of five professionals. They have the overall responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy work environment here at the Hospital for our 1,500 staff and 300 physicians and midwives. EHS helps employees in a myriad of ways, including assisting staff who… Continue Reading Employee Health Services maintain a healthy work environment despite challenges
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The Original COVID-19 Assessment Centre
On March 17th, the original COVID-19 Assessment Centre opened at 65 Delhi Street. This Centre was quickly pulled together, in only a few weeks, through a new partnership between leadership at Guelph General Hospital, the Guelph Family Health Team, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health and The City of Guelph Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service. The partners identified their strengths… Continue Reading The Original COVID-19 Assessment Centre
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GGH Lab team works diligently to process COVID-19 test reports
What happens to those COVID-19 swabs? Here at the Hospital they are handled by the Laboratory. These dedicated professionals are helping the wider community combat the virus by getting those much-needed results. Swabs from in-patients and those coming from the COVID-19 Assessment Centre are processed through our Lab at Guelph General Hospital. Due to limited… Continue Reading GGH Lab team works diligently to process COVID-19 test reports
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Critical Nurse Educators come in large aiding with COVID-19 efforts
We all know that the best decisions are the ones based on accurate information and solid research. At GGH, our team of Clinical Nurse Educators work to support our clinical staff by pulling together the best sources of knowledge for evidence-based decision making in order to properly respond to the emerging threat of COVID-19. As… Continue Reading Critical Nurse Educators come in large aiding with COVID-19 efforts
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HR rapidly hires to strengthen hospital team during pandemic
This team of eight contributes to the care you receive if you come to the Hospital. Without Human Resources hiring the right people – who embody our core values of compassion, respect, accountability and teamwork – the high-quality care you expect would not be delivered. The pandemic presented a huge challenge to HR who modeled… Continue Reading HR rapidly hires to strengthen hospital team during pandemic
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Hospital level four, east wing declared area to treat COVID-19 inpatients
On March 26 Public Health declared an outbreak on 4 East. Staff in the unit quickly stepped up to the plate. They were able to adapt quickly to continuously changing policies on how to manage this patient population. They placed suspect and positive patients in isolation with droplet contact protocol precautions so any patient contact… Continue Reading Hospital level four, east wing declared area to treat COVID-19 inpatients
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Environmental Services are the unseen heroes in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
The first line of defense against the spread of infection is our Environmental Services team. Staff and patient safety depends on their knowledge of varied disinfection and cleaning techniques they employ in a relentless methodical way, every single day across the Hospital. When a COVID-19 outbreak was declared on 4 East in late March, calls… Continue Reading Environmental Services are the unseen heroes in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
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No patient ever missed a dose thanks to the GGH pharmacy team
COVID-19 caused tremendous concern in our Pharmacy. This team of 43 staff is responsible for delivering all medications required by our patients. Guelph General Hospital is hyper-focused on patient safety. For Pharmacy, it is simply not an option to have patients miss any doses. Quickly the Pharmacy group began to reorganize to make sure that… Continue Reading No patient ever missed a dose thanks to the GGH pharmacy team
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Social Workers give creative and compassionate care during pandemic challenges
Our Social Workers are a key part of our patient-care team. In the early days of the pandemic they worked quickly to understand how to continue their important work in light of new rules and guidelines. Social Workers at GGH provide support to patients and their caregivers in many ways, none of which can stop… Continue Reading Social Workers give creative and compassionate care during pandemic challenges
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The Emergency Department prepares for a marathon, not a sprint during COVID-19 pandemic
When images of overwhelmed Emergency Departments began to appear on the news our ED team began to worry about the predicted surge of COVID-19 cases here at the Guelph General Hospital. What happened next was the largest overhaul of processes, procedures, and protocols ever undertaken. The ED space was reviewed with the lens of trying… Continue Reading The Emergency Department prepares for a marathon, not a sprint during COVID-19 pandemic