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Areas of Care, funded by our donors, include Bilingual Services, Child Life, Community Grants, Equipment, Research, and Spiritual Health.  For more information on these programs we invite you to review the IWK Foundation Fact Finder 2010 (below).

Fact Finder 2010
Fact Finder 2010  (French Language)

 

View the latest IWK Foundation Newsletter, With You.  With You, May 2010


STATE-OF-THE-ART CARE IS SMART


One of the priority needs of the IWK Health Centre in 2008-09 was the purchase of several SMART Syringe Pumps for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

These new SMART Syringe Pumps are often needed by the tiniest and the most critically ill patients at the IWK, as they deliver very small amounts of very powerful medications. Many of these patients require several different medicines at one time and it’s not uncommon for one patient to use up
to 16 of these pumps.

The new SMART technology turns a regular IV pump into a computer that will alert the caregiver if the dose, rate or concentration of the medicine is outside of the recommended limits. The SMART pump also builds a medication library so that dates, times, medication strength and amounts are recorded. This adds an extra layer of safety to patient care at the IWK by ensuring precise and accurate delivery of medication.

Thanks to IWK donors who gave during IWK Radiothons in Moncton, Charlottetown, Halifax and Sydney, and during the IWK Telethon for Children, the PICU recently received 39 new SMART pumps.

“Having these new SMART pumps in place will greatly enhance the level of care we can provide our patients. We are certainly grateful to everyone who helped purchase them for the IWK.“ Kate Mahon, director, Perioperative, Emergency and Critical Care.

Some of the other pieces of priority equipment purchased, thanks to the
generous support of iWK donors, in 2008-09:

  • Series Single Door Blood Bank Refrigerator for the Birth Unit
  • Dental X-Ray System for Perioperative/Main OR 
  • Reichert RX Master Phoropter for the Eye Care Centre 
  • Cosy Cots for the Birth Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 
  • HillRom Stretcher for the Fetal Assessment and Treatment Centre 
  • Scalp pH Analyzer for the Birth Unit

Fact Finder 2010
Fact Finder 2010  (French Language)


To view our 2010 Report to Donors visit with-you.ca.  With you, anything is possible.

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