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Comments about Intensive Care Unit Physician Staffing: Intensive Care Unit patients at Lapeer Regional Hospital are managed by ICU privileged physicians, Internists, Cardiologists, Pulmonologists, Neurologists. Attending physicians and specialty consultants (Nephrologists, Hematologists, Gastroenterologists, Infectious Disease, etc.) round daily and are easily accessible by telephone or pager twenty-four hours a day. |
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Comments about Infants with Congenital Anomalies: Lapeer Regional Hospital has established arrangements with a NICU Transport Team to provide NICU support during transport to a nearby tertiary care center for infants requiring NICU admission. |
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Comments about Low Birthweight Infants: Lapeer Regional Hospital has established arrangements with a NICU Transport Team to provide NICU support during transport to a nearby tertiary care center for infants requiring NICU admission. |
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Comments about Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Vascular surgeries performed at Lapeer Regional Hospital include Aorto-Bifemoral Bypass and Aorta-Illiac-Femoral Bypass in addition to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. |
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Comments about patient safety activities: Patient Safety activities at Lapeer Regional Hospital include interdisciplinary implementation of clinical pathways, standardized medication orders/mixtures/dosing, based on guidelines from Joint Commission on Accredation of Hospitals and Institute of Safe Medication Practices, and participation in national databases. The Patient Safety Task Force monitors the effectiveness of safety initiatives. |