Patient Guidance Regarding Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated With Heater-Cooler Devices
Cooper University Health Care is notifying patients who have had open-heart surgery about a potential infection risk related to this surgery.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating reports that a device used to heat and cool the blood during surgery has been linked to a rare bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera, a type of bacteria known as nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). Read more.
Cooper Receives Award From NJ Sharing Network for Organ Transplant Awareness Efforts
Cooper University Health Care was among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized for raising organ and tissue donation awareness in a national campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The campaign has added 400,000 registered organ and tissue donors since 2011.
Cooper conducted awareness and registry campaigns to educate staff, patients, visitors, and community members about the critical need for organ and tissue donors and, by doing so, increased the number of potential donors. Read more.
Cooper Honors PCU Nurse with DAISY Award
(Camden, NJ) — Cooper University Health Care recently recognized Caitlin Oshea, RN, of Garnet Valley, Delaware County, Pennsylvania with the DAISY Award for providing exceptional nursing care.
Caitlin, a nurse on Cooper’s Progressive Care Unit, was nominated by the wife of a patient who described her as very caring, empathetic, and supportive. “Caitlin showed extraordinary compassion,” the patient’s wife said. “I felt good knowing she was taking care of him, she went above and beyond to give him his dignity back.” Read more.
Sicklerville Urgent Care to Transition to Surgical Specialties Practice
For two years, Cooper Urgent Care in Sicklerville has been providing emergent health care for the surrounding community.
We are pleased to announce that the Sicklerville Urgent Care location will be transitioning to a Surgical Specialties practice in February 2017 and is closing as an Urgent Care Center at the end of the business day on Friday, December 30, 2016.
Cooper Urgent Care Centers in Cherry Hill and Audubon continue to provide excellent service and a new center is scheduled to open in 2017 at 20 South Black Horse Pike in Runnemede. Read more.
Santa Claus Has a New Sleigh, Will Arrive Via Helicopter To Visit Sick Children at Cooper University Health Care
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Children’s Book Author Reads to Pediatric Patients at Cooper
(Camden, NJ) — Pediatric patients at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper enjoyed a special story time on November 22, 2016. Local author Lori Samlin Miller read from her recently published children’s book, Stay Where I Can See You. The Cooper Foundation provided copies of the book for all the children on the unit.
As a wife, mother, teacher, writer, and volunteer at Cooper University Health Care, Lori Samlin Miller is a strong supporter of children’s literacy. Read more.