Cath Lab Spotlight

Salem Hospital Cath Lab

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:12:58 -0400

The Salem Hospital cath lab shines with its award-winning care, low employee turnover and new state-of- the-art facilities. Located in Salem, Oregon, the Salem Cardiovascular Center cath lab at Salem Hospital serves more than 360,000 people in a two-county region, and still more from the Pacific coast to the Cascade Mountains.

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The cath lab completed a move last year to a new $220-million patient care tower. The cath labs are now 30 percent larger and have convenient overhead booms so medical teams can move about easily with the latest in technology at their disposal.

University of Kansas Hospital - Center for Advanced Heart Care

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:33:17 -0400

The University of Kansas Hospital-Center for Advanced Heart Care opened October 2006 and houses the Lynn H. Kindred, MD, Cardiac Catheterization Labs. There are three dedicated interventional labs with an additional shelled room for future use. The first room is dedicated to purely cardiac procedures. The second room is versatile for cardiac, peripheral, and structural heart disease procedures. The third room houses our first-generation hybrid suite and allows utilization by interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons and cardiothoracic surgeons for endovascular procedures and limited open procedures.

The control rooms are integrated into the interior of each cath lab. There is a central core for staff and equipment that facilitates efficient flow between all three rooms. Furthermore, the transparency of the rooms from the core allows personnel to identify needs and allocate staff to emergent or complex cases.

Memorial Hospital

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:33:04 -0400

We have 18 staff members, comprised of:
• 1 nurse manager
• 1 staff educator
• 1 data specialist
• 7 RNs [4 full-time (FT), 3 part-time]
• 5 RTs (4 FT, 1 PRN)
• 3 tech aides (TA)
Our tech aides receive on-the-job training. They are able to scrub, record and run the x-ray equipment as needed, functioning much like our RT(R) staff members, but with some limitations.
RN experience ranges from 1 year to 16 years. RT(R) experience ranges from 10 years all the way up to 36 years. Our TA experience ranges from 1 year to 11 years.

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The Mount Sinai Medical Center

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:04:14 -0500

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There are a total of 6 cath rooms in our cath lab, with one room dedicated to pediatric cardiology. We have 2 separate electrophysiology (EP) rooms, and a total of 10 intake beds and 10 post procedure beds in the cath lab facility.

Also, in our facility, there is a separate large room for patient registration and another area (with 10 beds) for patient preparation prior to procedure on the same floor as the cath lab location.

Our cath lab consists of over 130 employees. We have a clinical nurse manager, a satellite cath lab program manager, and an o

Orlando Regional Medical Center

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:29:52 -0500

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Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is the only Level I Trauma Center in central Florida. It is the flagship hospital for Orlando Health, an eight-hospital organization. ORMC recently received full accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers’ Accreditation Review Committee. We are the first Level I Trauma Center in Florida to receive this designation.

The first cardiac catheterization was performed at ORMC in the mid-1960’s by Dr. Clarence Gilbert. We currently have six state-of-the-art cardiac cath labs. Four of our labs are dedicated

Central DuPage Hospital’s Interventional Laboratory Department

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:39:09 -0500

What is the size of your interventional lab and number of staff?

Our interventional laboratory department is made up of six interventional labs that service cardiac cath, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, interventional neuro-radiology and overflow electrophysiology (EP has a separate, dedicated bi-plane lab). Each clinical specialty has identified a primary lab that can flex to meet other clinical needs as necessary. Patient preparation and recovery for these six labs is provided in our 13-bed holding area, located within the interventional lab department

Stanford Hospital & Clinics Cath Angio Lab

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:06:43 -0400

What is the size of your cath lab facility and the number of staff?

Stanford Hospital & Clinics is located on the beautiful campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. It is about 20 miles north of San Jose and 40 miles south of San Francisco. Stanford Hospital & Clinics is a 479-bed Level I trauma center, a ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Receiving Center for the county of San Mateo, and a Joint Commission-certified Stroke Center. We achieved Magnet Status in 2007.

Stanford Hospital & Clinics Cath Angio Lab has 12 procedure rooms: 3 biplane ro

Geisinger Medical Center

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:50:43 -0400

Geisinger Medical Center is a 410-bed, level 1 trauma center in central Pennsylvania. We have been designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers and have been voted, for the 4th time, one of the nation’s top 100 cardiovascular hospitals by Thomson Reuters. We recently obtained Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Our hospital was founded in 1915 and is one of the largest rural healthcare facilities in the United States. Our care spans through 40 counties, reaching 2.5 million residents of central and northeast Pennsylva

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:42:46 -0400

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) is a 443-bed, Pontiac, Michigan-based, comprehensive, community and teaching hospital that continues to receive awards of excellence in medicine. Our clinical and high-quality outcomes rank among the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide. The SJMO Heart Institute was recognized by Thomson Reuters as a national Top 100 Heart Hospital, and SJMO was named a Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network Cardiac Center of Excellence.

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We have four cath labs. Two are mainly for heart procedures, one is f

St. Anthony’s Hospital

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:20:39 -0400

What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?

St. Anthony’s Hospital has three cath labs. Two inpatient cath labs offer a six-bed holding and recovery area. One lab is used primarily for peripheral interventions and the other for cardiac procedures. A third cath lab, located in an attached medical office building, is dedicated to outpatients. The outpatient cath lab has six individual admission-recovery rooms, offering patient comfort features in each room that include step-down areas, reclining chairs, flat-screen TVs and if time allows, a served lunch.