Volume 7 Issue 21 October 19, 2012

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Ralph Muller, CEO of UPHS, leads by example and attends the flu vaccine kick-off in the Perelman Center

Celebrating Materials Management Week

Last CaLL for fLu shots

It is that time of year again! Flu season is upon us and time is running out for you to get your flu shots! Please stop by the PPMC Employee Flu Fair before October 20.ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PRINT AND BRING THEIR SIGNED FLU CONSENT FORM WITH THEM TO GET THE VACCINE. The flu consent form can be found in the Employee Records and Paychecks link online, or by visiting the e-Bulletin at http://news.pennmedicine.org/inside/presbybulletin/.

When and Where you can get the flu vaccine:

October 19 & 20

5 East - Rooms 501 thru 503

7am to 9am and 4pm to 7pm

If you should get the flu vaccine offsite please provide Occupational Medicine (Fax: 215.662.0392) with a copy. Thank you.

Last week (October 7-13), we celebrated the nationally recognized Materials Management Week. This year’s theme was “Champions of Patient Safety, Quality & Efficiency.” PPMC’s Materials Management team celebrated with special activities including lunches, special gifts of appreciation, meal tickets and raffles for some additional giveaways.

The Materials Management Team would like to express their appreciation to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center faculty and staff for their continued support throughout the year. Working together to provide patient safety, quality and efficiency remains as one of the essential objectives we strive for every day.

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Congratulations to the latest round of Penn Medicine CAREs Foundation Grant recipients.

Shirley Arrington, HIM Department (HUP) - Community Outreach, Pine Hill Primitive Baptist

Killeen Shuda, CICU (HUP) - Girls on the Run Philadelphia

Eileen Agiya, Penn Home Infusion, Nursing (HCHS) - Home Infection Control

Jack B. Lewis, Office of Diversity and Community Outreach (PSOM) - Penn-SHC Anti Bullying Project

Delane Casiano, Psychiatry (HUP) - The Maternal Wellness Initiative

Tom Volkert, Penn Home Care and Hospice Services (HCHS) - My Place Germantown

Robert Bonacci, Medical Student (PSOM) - Health and Vitals Screening in a Primary Care Clinic for Latinos

Joanne Miles, Accounting (HUP) - Heeding God’s Call- Faith Based Gun Control Advocacy

We know faculty and staff at PPMC are doing great work in the community, and Penn Medicine wants to help! The Penn Medicine CAREs Foundation Grants Program will be accepting applications for the next round of grants until December 1, 2012. For more information or to apply, please visit http://uphsxnet.uphs.upenn.edu/community/CARE/foundation-grant.html.

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Congratulations to the August 2012 Presby STAR winners, who each received $100 and a certificate recognizing their Presby STAR status.

Milena Lakuriqi – Nursing, 3 South

LaShawn Brown – Nursing, 5 East

Laura Okami – Nursing, Scheie 3

Irvene Haskins – Wound Care

Denise Pineiro – Environmental Services

ED Preparedness Discussion

Last month, Emergency Department physicians and nurses, department chiefs, hospital administrators and safety management personnel gathered together for the Annual Emergency Department Disaster Preparedness Round Table Discussion. Lead by course director Pete Sananman, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at PPMC, the conference gathered together key stakeholders in an effort to share and disseminate information which will aid in the improvement of Hospital Emergency Department (ED) Specific disaster planning. Attendees from the three main spheres of expertise (safety/facilities, administration and clinical) spent half a day interfacing and exchanging ideas on training techniques, and creating and implementing an ED-specific disaster plan.

Many thanks to all who participated and attended the discussion!

Friendly reMinder – PEnn MEDICInE FILMInG AnD PHOTOGRAPHY POLICYCamera phones and tablet devices make it easy to snap photos anywhere, at any time. And events, such as the upcoming Philly Photo Day, held on Oct. 26 by the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, encourage people to take photos with these devices in an effort to document their daily lives, not realizing that hospitals and health care facilities have policies in place regarding photos and videos on their grounds. To ensure the safety and privacy of our patients, staff should be observant of patients and visitors using their cell phones and other devices in patient care areas and alert the Department of Communications to any photography or filming issues by calling 215.662.2560. For a direct link to the full filming and photo policy, please see the e-Bulletin at: http://news.pennmedicine.org/inside/presbybulletin/.