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In the weeks after leaving the hospital, children and youth are vulnerable to negative mental health outcomes, including repeat presentations to the emergency department and not getting connected to much-needed resources.

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Roberts, superintendent of operations at EllisDon, oversees a 26-member team that’s building the new parking garage at CHEO.

• Improvements made
• Safety first

Working through the Kids Come First health team, this new program sees surgeries like a tonsillectomy and appendectomyconducted at the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital and the Brockville General Hospital approximately four times per month.

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That meant days off work for a procedure that required more than three hours in hospital.

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For the Osborne family, it took over a decade to complete the puzzle of Austin Osborne’s condition. 

Austin was first seen by the genetics team at CHEO in 2007, and was suspected to have Joubert syndrome, but genetic testing at the time was negative for mutations in the genes known to cause this rare brain malformation syndrome.

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• Improvements made

IV nurses take enormous pride in limiting pain and discomfort for patients who require vascular access, whether it is just once or many IV sites over a prolonged period.  

For the last three years, CHEO has implemented five Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) based on current best evidence, including the care and maintenance to reduce vascular access complications.

• Inspiring workplace
• Improvements made
• Safety first