Recent studies have shown that food allergy impacts one in every 10 Victorian children born. Hospital admissions for severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) have doubled over the last decade in Australia, USA and UK. In Australia, admissions for anaphylaxis due...
The Safety Café is a consultation initiative that provides an opportunity for Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) to be kept up-to-date with the latest developments in OHS. The next Safety Café will be held on Friday 30 October. The bi-monthly event is hosted...
Cardiologists at Monash Health have implanted the world’s first totally leadless, physiologic pacemaker system, designed to improve cardiac function in a patient with a severe cardiomyopathy, otherwise known as heart failure. This unique procedure has, for...
An advocate for the mental and social wellbeing of emergency nurses and ensuring positive clinical outcomes and patient experiences. Upholding those ideals has been a major part of why one Monash Health emergency nurse last...
As in previous years, we will change our planned clinical activity during the Christmas and New Year period in line with anticipated demand. This year’s operational plan is particularly important as we resume our clinical...
As in previous years, we will reduce our planned clinical activity during the Christmas and New Year period. This year’s operational plan is particularly important in the context of COVID-19 and aims to strike a...
It doesn't matter if a patient is in acute, sub-acute, outpatients, community or residential care – at any point of care, employees need to be looking to see if they have any Advance Care Planning (ACP) documentation. These...
For Mental Health Month and World Mental Health Day, one of the key things Mental Health Australia is doing is asking us to consider making a promise to ourselves about how we will look after our...
More than 650 people logged into last week's World Mental Health day employee forum, featuring comedians Claire Hooper and Dilruk Jayasinha, reminding us to be kind to ourselves and of the value of humour and gratitude...
Last week we celebrated Perioperative Nurses Week. Perioperative nurses play the vital role of caring for patients before, during and after surgery. We are so grateful for the hard work our perioperative nurses do and the...