Our CFMH Occupational Therapy Staff provided a very nice show and tell session today where we could test our strength, dexterity and compensatory skills. There were contests, prizes and refreshments as everyone who participated could discover what OT is all about. 

Happy Occupational Therapy Month and thank you for sharing the wonderful work that you do!!

Our very own Nancy Howell Agee will receive the American Hospital Association’s Distinguished Service Award. The award  — the association's highest individual honor — is given annually to a leader for significant lifetime contributions and service to health care. 

CNRV celebrated their Surgical Care Unit and Progressive Care Unit this past month for being 1 year CLABSI free! This achievement was possible through their hard work including staff routinely ensuring dressings are clean, performing daily CHG baths, daily quality huddles dedicated to bundle compliance, IDR discussions about line necessity and much more. We thank SCU AND PCU for their COMMITMENT to reducing CLABSI's at CNRV!

 April 5th marks International Infection Preventionist (IP) Day, a time to honor the dedicated professionals who specialize in safeguarding health settings from infections.

Your journey is a beacon of inspiration for us all! Congratulations on reaching this incredible milestone. Your unwavering commitment, expertise and positive influence have helped shape Carilion’s history. Wishing you all the best for continued success!

Carilion Clinic Specialty Pharmacy received it's second, national accreditation for Specialty Pharmacy.  The pharmacy received URAC accreditation last year and now has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Healthcare (ACHC).  The accreditation signifies that the specialty pharmacy has demonstrated operation at a high level of integrity, quality, and effectiveness.  Please join me in congratulating the entire Specialty Pharmacy team and their commitment and compassion for providing high quality, patient outcomes with complex medication use.

Our Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital Nuclear Medicine Team has achieved accreditation in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Other Cardiovascular Imaging and General Nuclear Medicine. Thank you Heather Day and Charity Mullenax for your work your work in providing this great service to our communities. We are so proud of you. 

Yesterday was bittersweet at the CNRV Birthplace.    Cindy East, a Nurse from our unit with over 40 years of service retired.    She was with us at the old Radford Community Hospital and also at CNRV.  We will miss her dearly but wish her well in all her new adventures including travel and time with her family and 3 beautiful grandchildren.    Best Wishes to you Cindy!!  We love you!

Congratulations to the 4S PACU team for completing over 1000 hand hygiene observations in March 2024. They have taken commitment to a whole new level, keeping patients safe while recovering from surgery! Keep up the good work!