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University of Utah Health
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University of Utah Health
@UofUHealth
University of Utah Health is the Mountain West's only academic health care system.
- At the U of U Hospital, we put up our negative pressure Emergency Department screening tent. In the event of an outbreak, we can screen patients in this free-standing facility without risk of spread to our staff & patients. We will put up more tents in the coming weeks if needed.
- Replying to @UofUHealthChristy, a MICU nurse at U of U Health, is the first person in Utah to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
- HAPPENING NOW: The Utah Hospital Association will join with Utah’s four major health systems in sharing a statement denouncing systemic racism as a public health crisis.
- Anyone with symptoms will now be tested at drive-up stations for covid 19 testing. You must have cough, fever, shortness of breath.
- The University of Utah Health Medical Board and our executive leadership team met today and approved a resolution to require COVID-19 vaccinations for Hospitals and Clinics staff, credentialed and privileged providers and health Academics staff in patient sensitive job codes.
- We've put up banners at our hospitals and clinics to recognize and support our front-line clinicians & staff ❤️ Take a photo of you wearing your white ribbon and tag it with #UtahCares. The support you show for our health care workers is inspirational and they appreciate it!
- Mayor Erin Mendenhall joins our amazing @UofUHealth caregivers to plead with the public to change behaviors. Our ICU is 99% full today. And a record number of cases was just announced. This. Is. Real. Help our teams. #COVID19 @KenceeMD @slcmayor
- (1/2) U of U Hospital is working with law enforcement and the Salt Lake Bomb Squad on a potential bomb threat. We are continuing to secure the impacted area and we are prioritizing the safety of our team members and patients.
- We were deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Stephanie (Steph) Hopkins who was a nurse at University of Utah Health and a graduate of our prestigious critical care internship program.
- "Masks are our medicine until we get a treatment or vaccine"- Dr. Tom Miller, CMO at #UofUHealth
- "Right now, we can test 1,500 patients a day". -Kim Hanson, MD, Section Chief for Clinical Microbiology, ARUP Laboratories
- MEDIA🚨 Our transplant team performed its first-ever triple organ transplant surgery (heart, liver & kidney) on a veteran. The care team will provide updates on the patient & discuss the importance of the partnership with the VA Hospital in providing transplant care to Vets.
