Hospital news

Thursday, May 1, 2008 Neoteric Smart Refrigerator Improves Patient Safety in Sunnybrook's Operating Rooms and Blood Bank

Neoteric Technology Ltd and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre today announce that the hospital is the first institution in North America to implement Neoteric’s BloodTrack® OnDemand blood dispensing system. The system could be described as a high-tech vending machine that immediately provides users with the blood product they need, eliminating the need to wait for blood services to fill the order. | PDF file

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Monday, April 7, 2008 Ontario First for GI Patients

Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre is the first regional cancer centre in Ontario to combine leading-edge “inside-the-body” endoscopic ultrasound imaging with direct access to comprehensive care for patients with gastrointestinal malignancy. | PDF file

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Monday, March 17, 2008 QMP-LS Accredited Laboratory Services

The Laboratory Services department of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is accredited by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s laboratory quality assurance program, Quality Management Program – Laboratory Services (QMP-LS), and due to high performance demonstrated in the areas of patient safety, staff safety and continuous quality improvement, the department has achieved the maximum five-year accreditation awarded by the program. | PDF file

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Colorectal Cancer Symptoms and Screening Discussed

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Linda Rabeneck, chief, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook, discusses colorectal cancer symptoms, the colonoscopy procedure, screening before symptoms, the FOBT test, familial risk, and the need for open discussion to help overcome our cultural discomfort in talking about the second leading cause of cancer death in Canada. | PDF file

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Monday, March 10, 2008 Gender Bias May Affect Care of People with Osteoarthritis, Study Finds

Unconscious prejudices among doctors may explain why women complaining of knee pain are less likely than men to be recommended for total knee replacement surgery, a study in today's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests. | PDF file

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