Community Service at Cathedral Kitchen: An Interview With Shahrzad Darvish, MSN, RN, CIC

Cooper’s Infection Prevention team recently volunteered their services at Cathedral Kitchen in Camden.

Shahrzad Darvish, MSN, RN, CIC, Administrative Director of Cooper’s Infection Prevention Department, states, “It was lots of fun and everyone felt good. The volunteer in charge was impressed to see a department from Cooper helping out; they wanted to know what we do and who we are.… Read more.

Congratulations to the Winners of the Culture of Safety Survey Contest!

Departments and Medical Offices that achieved participation of 75 percent or greater on the Culture of Safety Survey were entered for a chance to win a free lunch for their department or office.

Here are the winners:
Hospital survey: Department of Laboratory Physicians
Medical office survey: Mammography – Kings Highway

Congratulations again and thanks to everyone that participated in the survey.… Read more.

Cooper Honors Nurse With DAISY Award

Cooper University Health Care recently recognized Nicholas Knights, RN, with the DAISY Award for providing exceptional nursing care. Knights works as a nurse in Cooper’s Roberts Pavilion 9 and was nominated by his nursing manager for going above and beyond to provide care and support to a terminally ill patient and her family.… Read more.

Discover Cooper Street

Join us for a free public event planned by Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities at Rutgers Camden, Rowan University, and others to provide a variety of opportunities to get to know the history of historic Cooper Street.… Read more.

Cooper University Health Care First in the Region to Implant Next-Generation Watchman FLXTM Device

Cooper is one of approximately 40 sites in the United States and the only hospital in the Philadelphia region participating in a clinical trial for Boston Scientific’s Watchman FLXTM device. The Watchman FLX is the next generation of a potentially life-changing catheter-based (or non-surgically delivered) device designed to close the left atrial appendage in order to reduce the risk of stroke in certain patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib).… Read more.