Thank you Hurricanes Alexander Semin, Jiri Tlusty, Andrej Sekera and Jay McClement for bringing so much joy and excitement into the entire Children’s Hospital yesterday. You are welcome any time!
Flu-Related Visitation Restrictions to End Feb. 14
WakeMed will stop mandatory flu visitation restrictions in its hospitals and facilities effective Saturday, February 14.
Measles & the Importance of Vaccination
With insights from Melinda Cooper, RN, BSN, CIC, WakeMed Infection Prevention Nurse, and Dr. Chris Ingram, Infectious Disease Physician & Medical Director of WakeMed Infection Prevention Caused by a virus, measles is one of the most contagious respiratory diseases known to us. It is preventable via vaccine. Measles is spread through close contact with an […]
Epic Go Live – Breakin’ It Down
All WakeMed facilities and services are now officially live on Epic, a comprehensive electronic medical record system. This is a big change for us, so we appreciate the patience of our patients and family members during the transition. We’re also excited to offer increased access to your health information via the WakeMed MyChart patient portal. […]
Coming Soon: A Big Change for Pregnancy and Medication Labeling
In most cases, there are more questions than answers when it comes to how a medication will impact a pregnancy, and the current FDA labeling system unfortunately does little to help expectant moms make informed decisions. This is all about to change in June of this year when a new FDA labeling system will go into effect. Learn how the new system is better than the old system from Dr. Seth Brody, medical director of the new Women’s Hospital in North Raleigh.
Whooping Cough Vaccine Confusion
Dr. Mark Piehl, medical director of the WakeMed Children’s Hospital, clarifies pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine confusion for WTVD’s Caitlin Knute. Last year, WakeMed treated 18 cases of pertussis, a potentially deadly disease for babies and very young children. The best protection against the disease is vaccination and booster shots every 10 years. Even with vaccination […]
How to Treat a Stomach Bug
Often called the stomach bug or the stomach flu, viral gastroenteritis is an illness that is quite common throughout the year, but especially throughout the winter months. Symptoms include nausea, watery diarrhea, vomiting, sometimes a fever and malaise, or a general feeling of discomfort. Most symptoms last for about 24 to 48 hours, but sometimes […]
For Illness Prevention, Remember High-Touch Objects
There are many things you can do to help prevent illness, hand washing being one of the top strategies. However, it is also important to be aware of the objects that are considered “high-touch” – objects that people frequently touch and are agents in spreading a lot of germs. WakeMed’s Melinda Cooper, RN, BSN, CIC, infection […]
Winter Weather Yum
Everybody knows the first thing you do when the meteorologist calls for winter weather – like they are tonight and tomorrow – is to run to the grocery store (along with the rest of the city) to buy staples to get you through the storm. The list of staples includes the obligatory milk, eggs and […]
Finding Your Extra Breast Milk a Home
Did you know that WakeMed has one of the very few human milk banks in the United States? Neither did Kelli Russell until the birth of her second baby resulted in a significant oversupply of breast milk. Even when her son was sleeping through the night, Kelli still had to pump due to an oversupply. […]
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