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 New
Sweet Springs Community Calendar on Our Website!
New
on our website is the Sweet Springs
Community Calendar. We thought it just made good sense to put the
community calendar in a place where everybody would have access to it.
And for those who don't have a computer close to hand, we're also going
to begin distributing a printed version that should be located in such
area establishments as The Cheese Store, the Piggly Wiggly Grocery
Store, and other convenient locations. So keep your eyes peeled for
the New Sweet Springs Community Calendar Community Calendar.
Also, should you have an event, meeting, or other type of gathering
please feel free to email me (James
Noble), the where, the what, and the when and I will be glad to
add it to the online Calendar anytime that I get it. If you'd like to
get it into the published calendar I will need to have it by the last
week of the month in order to get it into the next month's published
calendar.
Should you have quite a bit of information about your event we can
still get that information online. We'll simply create a link from the
calendar event to a page that gives much more detailed information
about your event.
At
this time, I'm not taking any call in events. Everything must be
submitted through email. But the good thing is the price is right. All
calendar events (including detailed events) are listed in the online
calendar and the published calendar for free. Just another friendly
service of I-70 Medical Center. Don't forget to email those events to
jnoble@i70medcenter.com .
Click Here to Visit the Sweet Springs Community
Calendar for May 2008
New!
I-70 Medical Center Joins Statewide Just Culture Collaborative
67 organizations work together
to improve patient safety
Sweet
Springs, Mo.– I-70 Medical Center has joined the Just Culture
Collaborative, an effort led by Missouri Center for Patient Safety
(MOCPS) to understand why medical errors happen and how to prevent
them.
“I-70 Medical Center takes the prevention of
medical errors extremely seriously.
Participating in this project gives us
an opportunity to actively shape how errors are addressed across the
entire state, learn from our peers’ experiences and work toward
better healthcare for all Missourians, not just those in Sweet
Springs,” said Julie Davenport.
Hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies,
regulatory agencies and a professional school will work together to
learn how to implement a Just Culture for patient safety.
A list of collaborating organizations
and an overview of the Missouri Just Culture Collaborative are
available on the center’s Web site,
www.mocps.org.
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Trust Mom
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Trust Mom |
Hi, this is James Noble for I-70 Medical Center
in Sweet Springs, Missouri.
Though you might not be able to tell by the
cooked meat loaf dripping with fat, your mom wants to keep you
healthy. Let’s face it: though she may have been wrong about rock
music, she got things right a lot of times.
“Timmy, wash your hands!” Bribes, high fives and
love notes aren’t the only things that pass from hand to hand. Germs
do, too. In fact they travel from your hands like a Ping Pong ball.
It’s the most common way infections can be passed on.
Stop a second and think about how many things you
touch that other people have touched immediately before you- sink
faucets, door handles, gas pumps, money machines, other people’s
hands. The best thing you can do to prevent spreading (and
receiving) germs is to wash your hands regularly. Discovered in the
1840s by an Austrian doctor who found that bacterial infections
decreased with hand washing, the habit we take for granted is
actually one of the most powerful things you can do to protect
yourself from viruses, fungi, and bacteria.
For those times when sinks are hard to come by,
it’s a good idea to keep some antibacterial gel in your car, purse,
or briefcase. Rub in a dime-size squirt to kill bacteria.
While we want you to stay healthy, we also don’t
want you to be paranoid or antisocial. Just don’t limit yourself to
washing hands before meals and after using the bathroom. The more
you keep your hands clean, the more well-earned vacation you’ll be
giving your immune cells.
You can find a wealth of information to help protect you and your
family’s health at
www.i70medcenter.com.
Or, you can visit our I-70 Family Clinic in Sweet Springs Missouri,
where walk-ins are always welcome.
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Health Tip of the Week!
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Pollen
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Plagued by Pollen?
Preventive tips, treatments, and more: Your survival guide for the
spring allergy season.
Warmer weather may feel good after a long, cold winter, but spring
can be rough on the nose and eyes. That's because hay fever, a
seasonal allergy to pollen, kicks in just as the sunnier days
arrive. Never been near a bale of hay, you say? You may still have
hay fever, caused by the pollen from a variety of trees, grasses,
and weeds. The allergy's hallmarks-stuffy nose, watery eyes, and
fatigue-are a minor annoyance for some and bring full-blown misery
to others.
Hay fever is not the only kind of spring allergy, but it is the most
common. As many as 50 million people in the United States have
allergies -- and nearly 36 million of them have hay fever, says the
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Don't settle for all that sniffling, sneezing, and teariness. Work
with a doctor to find out what's causing your allergies. Hay fever
treatments are plentiful, including over-the-counter products,
prescription drugs, and allergy shots. With proper care, "most
everybody can get through the season without a whole lot of
distress," agrees Larry Williams, MD, of the pediatric allergy and
immunology division of Duke University Medical Center.
Your first step: Decide to take control. Use this guide to learn
more about the kind of seasonal allergy you may have, house hold
tips to help keep allergens away, and treatment options in and
beyond your medicine cabinet.
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