We’re celebrating Ethics Week (April 4-8) at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Ethics week is a chance to learn about ethics, talk about the ethical issues we face, and to raise awareness about the supports available to patients, families, staff, physicians, students, and volunteers at our Hospital.
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Ethics affects us all. Anyone struggling with an ethics question can contact Michelle Allain, Bioethicist for support by email (allainm@tbh.net) or by telephone (Ext. 6538) or access decision-making resources on the intranet.
Ethical questions arise in all areas of our Hospital. Our faces of ethics feature highlights different roles/departments in our organization and how ethics is relevant to their work.
What does your department do?
Our department cleans, sterilizes, packages, and disperses tools needed for surgeries and other procedures. We ensure that medical devices are sterile and prepared for procedures in Operating Rooms and throughout the Hospital.
What kind of ethical questions are you faced within your line of work?
Many ethical questions are considered within our department. Due to the nature of medical procedures and the requirement to be prepared for anything, medical device kits are highly stocked with supplies. We need medical professionals to have access to the tools that they may need in a procedure. Because of this, however, up to eighty percent of all tools that are sent up to the OR may never actually be used. These still need to be reprocessed. So in this way, we need to balance physician needs and ensure quick access to tools, with the environmental waste associated with tools that are not used/required for certain procedures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been ethical questions related to access to PPE and the safety of re-purposing items that were not readily available at all times due to global shortages (such as N95 masks, for example). Additional ethical questions that arise for us include the utility/ease of single-use items versus repurposed items, and what to do when certain tools or implements are needed for patients, when we don’t have immediate access to them.
Ethics affects us all. Anyone struggling with an ethics question can contact the Bioethicist for support or access decision-making resources on the intranet.
If you’re still feeling lucky from St. Paddy’s Day, test your luck in the Thunder Bay 50/50. It’s the last day to purchase your tickets for the March draw, and the jackpot is estimated to reach close to $700,000. Tickets are on sale until 11:59 p.m. ET tonight, and can be purchased at www.thunderbay5050.ca.
“The community has been so supportive of the Thunder Bay 50/50 draw, and each month it’s amazing to see how high the jackpot has been growing,” says Glenn Craig, President and CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation. “We’ve given away over $10.5M in prize dollars and have been able to purchase millions of dollars of equipment for our Hospital.”
Tickets for the March 2022 jackpot are now are available online only at www.thunderbay5050.ca:
$10 for 5 numbers
$20 for 30 numbers
$50 for 150 numbers
$75 for 300 numbers (Best Value)
** Tickets must be purchased by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 24, 2022 to be eligible for the Grand Prize draw on Friday, March 25, at 11:00 a.m.
Questions about the draw can be sent to info@thunderbay5050.ca. Ticket purchasers must be present in Ontario to purchase and 18 years old or older. The Thunder Bay 50/50 continues each month with the Grand Prize drawn on the last Friday of the month.
Prevention and Screening Clinical Services invites you to join the Healthy Living and Cancer Prevention & Screening Series on Wednesday, March 23rd at 2:00 pm.
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is 90% curable when caught early. Join Bonnie Lindberg to learn about ways to reduce your risk to prevent colon cancer.
The Healthy Living and Cancer Prevention & Screening Series provides ongoing education and awareness about chronic disease prevention, cancer prevention and screening for Indigenous communities, partners and organizations throughout Northwestern Ontario.
St. Paddy’s day might be over but the luck of the Irish is still going strong. It’s the last week to purchase your tickets for the March Thunder Bay 50/50 Draw, and the jackpot is estimated to reach close to $700,000. Tickets are on sale until Thursday, March 24 at 11:59 p.m. ET, and can be purchased at www.thunderbay5050.ca.
“The Thunder Bay 50/50 has been an incredible fundraising tool for the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation. The proceeds have helped purchased some really amazing equipment for our Hospital,” says Glenn Craig, President and CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation. “Most recently, we purchased a bariatric stretcher chair for the ICU, and a 3T MRI scanner. We are looking forward to funding more equipment in the coming months, so stay tuned for announcements.”
Tickets for the March 2022 jackpot are now are available online only at www.thunderbay5050.ca:
$10 for 5 numbers
$20 for 30 numbers
$50 for 150 numbers
$75 for 300 numbers (Best Value)
** Tickets must be purchased by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 24, 2022 to be eligible for the Grand Prize draw on Friday, March 25, at 11:00 a.m.
Questions about the draw can be sent to info@thunderbay5050.ca. Ticket purchasers must be present in Ontario to purchase and 18 years old or older. The Thunder Bay 50/50 continues each month with the Grand Prize drawn on the last Friday of the month.
Across Canada, March is Nutrition Month and March 16th, 2022 is designated as Dietitians Day; a day to highlight the important work of Dietitians in advancing health through food and nutrition.
Our Dietitians are providers of food and nutrition services, committing themselves to helping people enjoy healthy lives. They are the food and nutrition experts both in-patient and out-patient services here at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Please join us in thanking our Dietitians for their on-going contributions in providing our patients and their families with trusted choices for reliable, life-changing food and nutrition advice.
