RxTraA publication for the staff of Hartford Hospital February 4, 2013 Vol. 69 No. 5

Organ Donor Drive Surpasses Goal of 1,000Staff members, families of organ donors and transplant recipients gathered at Hartford Hospital on Feb. 1 to celebrate surpassing our goal of registering at least 1,000 new organ donors in 60 days.

Hospital president/CEO Jeff Flaks announced that 1,240 donors had been registered in less than two months - surpassing the number that usually register in a year.

The Donate Life flag, which is raised in honor of patients who die and save lives through organ do-nation, was raised to celebrate the accomplishment. Al Terzi from Fox CT covered the event.

In the U.S., there are more than 117,000 people waiting for a donor organ, and 18 people die each day waiting for an organ that never be-comes available.

Above: A crowd turned out to celebrate the announcement: 1,240 new organ donors registered in 60 days!

Below left: Al Terzi from Fox CT interviews Hartford Hospital President/CEO Jeffrey Flaks about the success of the organ donor drive.

Below right: Jami Tyska, organ procurement coordinator for LifeChoice Donor Services, thanks the newly registered donors.

The Radiography and Radiation Therapy students completed a fund raising drive for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Hartford Hospital.

Thanks to all those who supported the cause via toy drives, bake sales,

gift card raffles, TGI Fridays, and Macy’s Believe Campaign.

The total donation was valued at $2,530 worth of fund raising sup-port for this cause.

A special thanks goes out to the fol-lowing donors: Olive Garden, Bos-ton’s, Bertucci’s, Applebee’s, Chili’s, The Bowling Alley, Friendly’s, Stop & Shop, Dunkin’ Donuts, TGI Friday’s and Architectural Design and Draft-ing Services.

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Radiography and Radiation Therapy Students Support Make a Wish Foundation

This week is PACU Week, when we

recognize the contributions of staff from the Perianesthesia

Care Unit.

PACU Week, Feb. 3-9

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When the Nursing Professional Practice Council held a scrub drive last August, they never imagined the huge response they would get.

Staff members donated more than 1,000 scrubs. Many had scrubs of different colors that they had been wearing before the hospital adopt-ed the uniform standards last year.

The scrubs were donated to Wind-sor Social Services, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Capital Communi-ty College, St. James’ Epis- c o p a l Church Missionary in West Hart-ford, and Community Outreach Surgical Center.

“Our staff embraced the values of caring and integrity by donating all of these used scrubs,” said Heath-er Machado, RN. “The generosity of the Hartford Hospital staff will remain in the hearts of the health care workers and students that re-ceived them, so they too can em-bark on their own journey of com-passionate patient care for those they serve.”

Peggy Eberlee from Volunteer Ser-vices used a few of the patterned scrubs to stitch a small quilt for the Nursing Professional Practice Council as a remembrance and an expression of gratitude for staff contributions.

“Our employees are all different, like the different fabrics that make up a quilt,” Machado said. “Togeth-er, their efforts weave compassion, care and unwavering dedication to the patients and families we serve. Our quilt is a reflection of the love, gifts, talent and energy each per-son brings to our community at Hartford Hospital.”

The nursing practice council de-cided to ask the Hartford Quilters Guild to make a larger quilt of the donated scrubs to commemorate the generosity and diversity of the staff members who donated them.

“The donated scrubs once worn by staff of Hart-ford Hospital will be woven into the quilt to represent the cultural fabric of our employees,” Machado said. “It will represent the many roles, many patterns and many people whose car-ing is woven into this symbolic quilt.”

The larger quilt will be displayed somewhere in the hospital when it is finished.

Nursing Professional Practice Council’s Scrub Drive Benefits Five Community Agencies

Heather Machado, RN, delivers some of the donated scrubs to Deb Sheldon from Windsor’s Social Services Department.

Dementia Support GroupThere will be a meet-ing of the dementia support education group on Tuesday, Feb. 5 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A light lunch will be provided. Please note the new location: Staunton-Williams Building - Clarke So-cial. (Enter the IOL campus from 400 Washington Street. Bear right and con-tinue to the first stop sign. Turn left, and Clarke Social is almost immediate-ly on the left (drop off only.) Proceed to the next stop sign, turn right, and there is some parking available on the left in front of the Braceland Building. Or pro-ceed to the Donnelly lot.) Please RSVP to Mary Cameron at 860-545-7665.

N-95 Fit Testing There will be N-95 Respirator Fit Testing in the ERD, 4th Floor on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This is an annual re-quirement. Employees who are required to do a yearly N95 Respirator Fit test will see their due date in HealthStream as their anniversary date of starting at the hospital. When you have completed all three steps, the assignment will auto-matically reset to the same month next year. Complete your HealthStream mod-ule prior to getting the Fit Test portion.

The Apple Lady Returns To the Store ThursdayThe Apply Lady will be in the Auxiliary Store on Thursday, Feb. 7 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. This Valentine’s Day, give a gourmet

c h o c o l a t e -dipped apple. What special delight could be better for the apple of your eye?

Memorial Mass for Father Rohan WednesdayThe Pastoral Servic-es Department will be holding a Memo-rial Mass for The Rev-erend John P. Rohan on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 3:45 p.m. in the Multifaith Chapel. Fa-ther Rohan was the director of Catholic Chaplaincy at Hart-ford Hospital from 1981–1989. He passed away on Jan. 20 at his home. He was 67. Father Fidelis Lemchi, staff chaplain, will preside at the memorial service. All are welcome to attend.

Yoga for Breast Cancer Patients Starts This Week

Integrative Med-icine is offering yoga for women who are current-ly going through breast cancer treatment or have completed their treatment. Classes will be held on four Tuesdays, Febru-

ary 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at HH Blue Back Square (Communi-ty Room, fourth floor). Cost is $40 for the four sessions. To pre-register, please call Health Referral at 860-545-1888.

Info Session on Master’s in Integrative MedicineLearn more about the innovative mas-ter’s degree in Integrative Health and Healing, with class cohorts available at Hartford Hospital at free information sessions on Feb. 12 and March 14 in the Special Dining Room. For more informa-tion, click here.

Schwartz Center Rounds Please join us for Schwartz Center Rounds on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 11:45 a.m. in Gilman Auditorium. The topic will be “Recognition.” A new Schwartz Rounds/Hartford Hospital award is in development, and we want you to help us define it. Lunch will be provided. No RSVP necessary. Contact Kathy Burns at ext. 5-5712 with any questions.

School of Nursing Alumnae Scholarships

The Alumnae Associ-ation of the Hartford Hospital School of Nurs-ing is offering nursing scholarships to HHSN alumnae and their fam-ilies or to employees working at HH, the IOL or Jefferson House for

at least six months. Applicants must be matriculated in an accredited nursing program. Information and applications may be obtained on line at www.hh-snalumnae.org. Completed applications must be received by Monday, April 1.

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