New Patient Safety Initiative

This is a Best Practice Initiative for monitoring patients on Narcotic PCAs to provide safer care.

• It is called End Tidal CO2 (EtCO2) monitoring system or Capnography
monitoring.
• This technology continuously measures End Tidal CO2, which is used as a marker of oversedation in patients on opioids.… Read more.

Information Assurance Monthly

Don’t Be a Victim of Spam Email!

Spam emails are designed to attract your attention and have you perform an action such as clicking on a link or opening an attachment. Many companies have become victims of cyber criminals because employees receive an email and click the link or open the attachment only to allow unwanted activity such as a virus or spyware to enter the system.… Read more.

Hospital Week Lawn Party

Thursday, May 16
One Cooper Plaza, Camden
Noon – 2 p.m.

This year’s Hospital Week Lawn Party will now take place on Thursday, May 16. The celebration was rescheduled last week due to inclement weather. We hope you will join us for hot dogs, popcorn, ice cream sandwiches, a balloon artist, a photo booth and DJ!… Read more.

Ronald McDonald House Bowling Bonanza

Friday, June 7, 2013
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Pinsetters Bar & Bowl
7111 Maple Avenue
Pennsauken Township, NJ 08109

Bowling, Food, Drinks and Fun!
Great Raffle Prizes and Enjoy Music of 98.1 FM on the Outdoor Patio!… Read more.

Congratulations to Cooper’s 15th Annual Research Week Poster Contest Winners

Clinical Research
 1st Evin Yucel, MD, Medicine
Frequency and Impact of Failure to Cannulate the Left Internal Mammary Artery: Results of the SLIME1 (Selective Left Internal Mammary Evaluation) Trial                

 2nd  John Michael Robinson, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
The Role of Cardiac Surveillance in Ovarian Cancer Patients Receiving Doxil

 3rd Eric Silverman, MD, Emergency Medicine
Patient Perceived “Acceptable Risk” of Chest Computed Tomography in Trauma and Pregnancy

  Basic Research
1st  Aaron Klinger, MD, Surgery
Living Scaffolds: Scaffold Seeding with Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells for Surgical Repair Applications                          

 Case Study Research
1st Monaliben Patel, MD, Medicine
Hand Deformities and Heart Disorders

 2nd     Muhammad Qaseem, MD, Medicine
Lactobacillus:  The Pathogenic Probiotic

Nursing Research
1st  Janette McFetridge, MSN, RN, Nursing
The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Education Program on Documentation Compliance of an ICU Patient/Family Communication “Bundle” Related to End-of-life Care

 Medical Student Research
1st  Kereme Manners, BA, Medical Student
Unsightly Rash on Shin: Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum

 Allied Health/Technical Research
1st  Jomy M.Read more.