Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022
Keeping you in The Loop
Why our surgical teams aren’t like what you see on TV
Surgery can be intense, or it can be routine. Maybe something doesn’t appear the same as it did on a pre-op scan. But for nurses like Janet Divelbiss, BSN, RN, CNOR, and Kate McLaughlin, MSN, RN, the unexpected is what makes the job so thrilling.
2022 Carver College of Medicine Creative Writing Anthology
The 2022 Carver College of Medicine Creative Writing Anthology includes the five winning entries to the college’s annual creative writing contest: poems by three students and one poem and one fictional work by faculty members.
Announcements
- Nuclear medicine procedures impacted by a radioactive tracer shortage are expected to return to normal by Friday, Dec. 2.
- Epic’s new “Book It” tool—available when the fall 2022 Epic upgrade goes live Saturday, Dec. 3—will allow the user to see more information on the screen at once, making it faster to schedule appointments.
- Share the joy of the holidays by adopting an angel from the Angel Tree outside the Volunteer Services Office (between Elevator D and F, Level 8).
Today's tip
Welcoming a non-patient related visitor? The process just got easier. You’ll just fill out a Qualtrics survey to share details of the visit and visitor. Please be sure to complete the survey at least 24 hours in advance of the visit.
In the spotlight
Did you know more than 41 million people are infected by the flu each year in the U.S. alone?
All employees and volunteers are required to participate in UI Health Care’s annual flu vaccination campaign. You must receive the influenza vaccine or decline it in ReadySet by this Friday, Dec. 2, to comply.
By the numbers
Patient-related care
Total inpatients: 808 today
Total outpatient visits: 4,512 today
C-19 adult inpatients: 24 yesterday, 1,665 to date
C-19 pediatric inpatients: 1 yesterday, 208 to date
% positive symptomatic C-19 test results**: 22% yesterday, 35% to date
Telehealth screenings***: 46 yesterday, 15,879 to date
Employee-specific data
Employees tested positive (self-reported)*: 17 yesterday, 7,244 to date
Employees who have received the first COVID-19 vaccine dose: 0 yesterday, 15,790 to date
Employees who have received both the first and second/final COVID-19 vaccine doses: 0 yesterday, 15,693 to date
Visit COVID-19 by the numbers for more info
Events: Join us
- 2022 Physician Assistant Commencement Ceremony: 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in the Main Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union or via Zoom.
Outside UI Health Care
Stuff the Trunk event helps collect essentials for young people aging out of foster care
The Junior League of Cedar Rapids and Foundation 2 Crisis Services hosted a Stuff the Truck Event yesterday to collect basic living items for young people who have aged out of foster care, Iowa’s News Now reports.
Holocaust survivors offered DNA tests to help find family
The New York-based Center for Jewish History is launching the DNA Reunion Project, offering DNA testing kits for free through an application on its website, the Associated Press reports.
Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough
The research breakthrough ushers in a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s, BBC News reports.
French baguette gets UNESCO heritage status
There’s something to celebrate as UNESCO adds the baguette to its “intangible cultural heritage” list, BBC News reports.
US beats Iran 1–0 in must-win World Cup match
The U.S. beat Iran, 1–0, in a widely-watched match at the Qatar World Cup, keeping the American team’s dreams of redemption alive, NPR reports.
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