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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
August 17, 2018
Royal Review Countdown to
Accreditation
Hockey night scores for RVH
On August 9, current and former NHL players laced up for the 11th annual “Game time” is fast approaching. Our
Hockey Night in Barrie, hosted by Member of Parliament for Barrie, Spring- on-site survey is scheduled for Febru-
water, Oro-Medonte Alex Nuttall. ary 4 – 7, 2019.
This year’s game, which benefitted RVH, the Barrie Colts Community Fund, During the on-site survey, a team of
Easter Seals and the Canadian Mental Health Association, raised $150,000. peer-surveyors will visit all areas of
RVH’s portion of the funds are directed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to RVH to evaluate our clinical and ad-
ensure our tiniest patients can get the high- ministrative processes.
quality care they need. Chair of the RVH The surveyors will spend four days
Board of Directors Michael O’Keefe accept- speaking with and observing patients,
ed the cheque on behalf of RVH. families, staff and leadership. This
A special thank you to Blaine Angus process offers an opportunity for us to
(pictured right, centre) from RVH’s Imaging highlight our successes, learn about
department for once again refereeing the what we do well and areas where we
game. Another big thank you to members can improve.
of RVH’s Blue Brigade who donated their Surveyors provide valuable feed-
time to hand out programs. back and recommendations based on
MPP Nuttall was thrilled with the outcome best practices. Accreditation at RVH
of the game and plans for next year are means continuous quality improve-
already underway. ment and safety throughout all as-
pects of the organization.
Speak with your manager about how
Pictured at top of page: Henry Obanor, a Social Worker on our Respiratory unit, was one of
several TEAM RVH members named a ‘Hand Hygiene Champion’ in the Q1 Hand Hygiene
you can be prepared—attend team
audit. Way to go Henry! To see other Hand Hygiene Champions from Q1, see page 2. huddles to learn about the Required
Organizational Practices and familiar-
ize yourself with the location of poli-
cies on the RVH intranet.
RVH Royal Review August 17, 2018
Hand hygiene- a simple yet effective safety tool
Congratulations to the amazing teams in Cancer & Palliative -
Obstetrics and Child & Youth, Transition- 95.7%
al Care Unit and Chemotherapy for Chemotherapy - 100%
reaching 100 per cent hand hygiene PACU - 98.9%
compliance for pre-patient contact. Dialysis - 98%
Kudos to the Environmental Services Surgery Recovery -
team, the RPN group and Allied Health 98%
for achieving 100 per cent compliance for Imaging - 97.9%
discipline-specific hand hygiene in the
Emergency - 96.6%
pre-patient contact moment.
In addition to the above
Hand hygiene is the simplest, yet one
results several members
of the most effective ways to keep you
of TEAM RVH were rec-
and our patients safe.
ognized as Hand Hygiene
The results for the Q1 (April-June
Champions by the IPAC
2018) hand hygiene audits are complete
practitioners during audit
for both inpatient and outpatient areas Wendy Robinson, RN, and Erin Britnell, Patient Services
sessions.
and the results are as follows:
Please congratulate your Clerk, Chemotherapy, proudly show their team’s 100% score
Obstetrics and Child & Youth - 100% colleagues:
for hand hygiene.
Transitional Care Unit - 100%
Surgery 2 - 99%
Henry Obanor – Social Imaging – April 2018
Worker, Respiratory unit – June
Surgery 3 - 99%
2018
Lesley Madden-Macavella – EVS,
ISU/Rehabilitation - 98.9% Obstetrics and Child & Youth – April
Respiratory - 98.9% Sarah Good – RN, Cancer & Pallia- 2018
tive unit – May 2018
Cardiac Renal - 98% Dorota Chloewicki – RPN, Chemo-
ICU - 98% Melanie Smith – RN, PACU – May therapy Suite – April 2018
Surge 1 Overflow - 97.8% 2018
Specialized Seniors Care - 96.7% Tammy Nicolas – RN, Diagnostic
Calendars feature patients’ art work Keeping ‘pace’ in Cardio Diagnostics
With a focus on our
Heather Brousseau, (MDRD), is
MY CARE philoso-
already planning for next year
by purchasing a 2019 calendar phy, driving clinical
from Taylor Ross, Katherine Lee excellence, and keep-
and Alexis More. The calendar ing patient safety at
art was created by RVH patients the forefront, the Car-
- many on the Specialized Sen- diac Diagnostics de-
iors unit. If you missed buying partment has gone
one of the $10 calendars you live with Medtronic’s
can order one by calling Kathe- Paceart, a pacemaker
rine or Kristy at 46126.
documentation and
reporting system. This
electronic system eliminates the need for paper and auto-
matically distributes the final report as soon as the Cardiolo-
gist has electronically signed the document. Reports are also
available immediately in MEDITECH.
With this electronic system, if there are any recalls on de-
vices or leads staff can search for specific devices, instead
of manually searching through 1500 charts, and provide the
appropriate notification to patients
Special thanks to our amazing teams: Information Technolo-
gy, Clinical Informatics, Interprofessional Practice and de-
partmental subject matter experts.
Pictured above: first patient Norris Vines and Kim Glass, Lead,
Pacemaker Clinic
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August 17, 2018 RVH Royal Review
County LINX regional patients to RVH Helping to keep patients smoke free
The County of
Simcoe is now Shona Anderson-
offering an acces- Wong, is an RVH Res-
sible door-to-door piratory Therapist and
transit service for Anesthesia Assistant
individuals with who knows that smok-
mobility needs ing increases the risk of
called the LINX+, surgical complications
which will officially during and after an op-
launch on Sep-
tember 4. Route
eration.
1, the inaugural She is dedicated to
route, takes riders from Penetanguishene and Midland to RVH. supporting patients to
have the best possible
Plan Our Future Street Team hits the road outcomes. She takes a
lead role to help them
manage their nicotine
withdrawal symptoms
short term by ensuring
they have nicotine re-
placement therapy dur-
ing their hospital stay.
With a goal to help
them quit smoking, she also makes it her a priority to be sure
they are linked to community-based supports to help them stay
smoke free after hospital discharge. She is described by her
nominator as a worthy, dedicated practitioner who is committed
to continuing education so she can provide the best care for her
The Plan our Future Street Team continues to talk to residents in patients. Her efforts to support people quit smoking earned her
Innisfil and Barrie at Farmers’ Markets, grocery stores and beach- a recognition as a 2018 Tobacco-Free Champion from the
es. Next time you see them in your community, stop by and share Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.
your ideas for the future.
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Foundation
RVH Royal News
Review RVH Royal Review August 17, 2018
Never too young to make RVH thanks local media for support
a difference!
Age does not matter
when it comes to be-
ing able to make your
community a better
place. This was prov-
en by Grade 5 Shanty
Bay twins Mikayla
and Madison McDer-
mott. This past
spring, the dynamic
duo organized the
inaugural Oro-
Medonte Kids Run—
a charity race benefitting RVH’s Simcoe Muskoka Regional
Child and Youth Mental Health Program. The event, held at
Burl’s Creek, was a huge success with hundreds of partici-
pants and a final total of $10,866 raised to help those young
residents in our region who are struggling with a mental health RVH recently said, ‘Thank You’ to our many
crisis and who seek care at RVH. The students organized the media partners for all their support by bringing
run with the help of their parents as part of a “Change Agent” them treats from Patient Food Services. In
project in their school. As part of the project, Madison also fact, during the last year RVH was featured in
wrote a book about mental health called “You are not alone.” It 311 news stories. Thank you to ROCK 95;
107. 5 KOOL FM; KICX; The Dock; Life100.3;
was distributed to local schools thanks to funding through Bar-
Sunshine Radio; The Barrie Advance; CTV
rie Rotaract and the school board. Even the Prime Minister’s Barrie; FRESH Radio 93.1 and BIG 101.1 FM. And ‘no’ the man in the
wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, tweeted her words of encour- photo (bottom, right) is not Justin Timberlake, it’s Corporate Commu-
agement to the twins and sent them an official letter to nication’s new Digital Design Coordinator, Andrew Guida. Welcome
acknowledge their incredible efforts. Andrew!
Think Pink Golf Tournament hits Catherine Ruiz-Gomar has
joined RVH’s Spiritual Care de-
record year “fore” fundraising partment as the new Spiritual
Care Clinician. Catherine brings
For the last seven years, proceeds from the Think Pink Golf with her a wealth of experience
Tournament have benefitted RVH Simcoe Muskoka Regional and skills in spiritual care having
Cancer Centre, specifically breast cancer screening and treat- worked for several years as a spiritual care
ment. To date, an incredible $66,463 has been raised from provider at St. Paul’s Hospital and Royal University Hospital in
Think Pink and this year it reached a milestone with the tour- Saskatoon. Catherine completed a Bachelor of Arts in Reli-
nament generating a record–breaking $12,475 for the cause. gious Studies from the University of Manitoba and a Master of
Held on Saturday, July 14 at the Orr Lake Golf Club, it was a Theological Studies degree from St. Andrew’s College in Sas-
great day on the greens. With majority of golfers being repeat katoon.
participants, they arrived decked out in pink and ready to enjoy
a scramble, prizes, contests and dinner. Organizer Norma Retirements
Jean Salmon (pictured below, left), along with fellow Think Rob Purdy, Operations Director, Facility
Pink supporters (left to right) Sandy Owen, Nora Dixon, Jean Support Services is retiring on August 23.
Coryell and Bob Coryell gathered at RVH to present the Rob joined Team RVH in 2011 as the Direc-
cheque. tor of Facilities and helped oversee the
opening of the expansion. In January 2015,
Rob’s portfolio was expanded to include
Patient Food Services and he was promot-
ed to Operations Director, Facility Support
Services. Rob has provided unwavering
dedication, commitment and professional-
ism, with a dash of good humour during his tenure always fo-
cused on the patient and the workforce experience. During the
next chapter of his journey he plans to spend most of his time
fishing from his home on Buckhorn Lake and working with the
Board at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
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