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NHS first hospital in Canada to use UV light disinfectant system to fight superbugs

Posted Feb 1st, 2012

The Niagara Health System (NHS) is introducing a new ultraviolet light disinfectant system to enhance its infection prevention and control cleaning of surfaces in patient rooms. “Our team is committed to going above and beyond our industry’s infection p...

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Turning the building into a hospital

Posted Jan 29th, 2012

While construction of our new hospital and cancer centre has continued progressing on time and on budget, we have been focusing our efforts turning the building into a hospital. In addition to departmental planning and over 15 cross-functional planning team...

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Enhancing the patient care experience for cancer patients

Posted Jan 26th, 2012

Members of the Niagara Health System  team met recently with physicians, nurses and community and regional partners to discuss ways to enhance the patient experience. This gathering was part of the planning for existing cancer services as well as the new ...

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Enteric outbreak declared over

Posted Jan 20th, 2012

NIAGARA, ON: An enteric outbreak at the Niagara Health System’s Extended Care Unit of the Welland Site has been declared over, effective today. The enteric outbreak was declared on the Extended Care Unit on January 3, 2012. An outbreak is declared over wh...

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Niagara Health System and unions partner on safety

Posted Jan 9th, 2012

Innovative return-to-work program announced NIAGARA, ON: Workplace injuries and illnesses cost billions of dollars each year with more than 250,000 people injured on the job across Ontario. This amounted to approximately $10 million for the Niagara Health S...

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Celebration of Hope and New Beginnings event

Posted Jan 5th, 2012

St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and the Niagara Health System are holding a Celebration of Hope and New Beginnings for patients and families of the Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program (LDAP) who have had lung resection surgery. LDAP is a partnership betwe...

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Niagara Health System makes executive contracts public

Posted Jan 3rd, 2012

In keeping with the organization’s commitment to transparency and accountability, the Niagara Health System is today making the contracts of current Executive Team members public. The contracts can be viewed on our . ...

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Welland Site’s Extended Care Unit experiencing enteric outbreak

Posted Jan 3rd, 2012

The Niagara Health System is experiencing an enteric outbreak on the Extended Care Unit of the . Five residents in the Extended Care Unit are showing symptoms; two staff are showing symptoms and off work. The outbreak was declared today in con...

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