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BMDH Project Weekly Update Friday 24 February 2017 | No. 209

Designing for health: how one simple design change made a big difference

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BMDH Project Weekly Update Blacktown Hospital | Friday 24 February 2017 | No. 209

THIS WEEK

Pedestrian paths and

lane changes are now

in place in the P1 car

park. Please stay on

marked paths. There are some

weekend works

scheduled for the

Regional Dialysis Centre

on level 2 Admin. I.T. upgrades are

occurring in B Building

(original building).

Affected departments

have been advised. Works underway near

WSU and there will be

some road closures.

See attached site alert. High voltage Sydney

Trains cabling works

continue on local

roads. They will be

completed soon,

DIARY

eMeds starts 28 February

New B47 In-Centre opens March 2017

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P11

STAFF AND SPECIAL PATIENT PARKING ONLY

P

P12

BUNGARRIBEE

HOSPITAL

P2

Blacktown Hospital

WESTERN SYDNEY UNI

BLACKTOWN ROAD

Emergency vehicles only

Renal

STAGE 2

Staff - save time

and use this entry

for drop-off and

pickup during

construction

P11

Works underway in and around P1 car park - check signs and site

alerts

Patient and

visitor drop-off

Admin & Education

CONSTRUCTION

UNDERWAY

Please take care and

walk on marked paths

only

PA

NO

RA

MA

PA

RA

DE

Additional staff parking

is available in the

Bowling Club for day

staff - entry via

Hereward Highway.

Use your swipe card for

access.

starts in

4

days

28 Feb 2017

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BMDH Project Weekly Update Mount Druitt Hospital | Friday 24 February | No. 209

Stage 2 expansion now underway - please take care,

drive carefully and stay on marked paths.

Work is ongoing around the child care for the new

community dialysis centre.

Work underway around New Beginnings for the drug

health expansion.

Internal fit-out underway for renal, pre-admission,

drug health

Refurbishment works underway in operating suite.

MOUNT

DRUITT

HOSPITAL

NEWS

All fleet vehicles

relocating to this

parking area.

No change to

booking process

Dialysis centre

under construction

Drug Health

expansion

MRI and theatre projects

underway - heavy

equipment on site

Equipment Loan Pool

temporary pickup and

drop-off

New work site for

pre-admission

Pedestrian

changes in

this area

Stay cool on Lunar New Year - use a fan

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BMDH Project Brag Book Friday 24 February 2017 | No. 209

FRONT PAGE

THE ONLY WAY IS UP: Visitors in the new hospital building

at Blacktown are four times more likely to use the stairs

thanks to a simple design initiative suggested by our Health

Promotion Unit.

In the new building, we have open, light-filled stairs located

directly next to the lift bays, but strategically-placed ‘stair

prompt signage’ reminders before the lift bays seems to be

having the desired effect!

A recent study by Western Sydney University students

revealed that this simple change also contributed to 61% of

staff choosing the stairs over the lifts.

The change has been so successful that it’s being repeated

in the new building.

Thanks to Elizabeth Leece and the Health Promotion team

and the Centre for Population Health for the pointing us in

the right direction!

BREATH OF FRESH AIR Patients with severe respiratory illnesses can now be cared for on

a ward instead of intensive care thanks to a new initiative from

our respiratory team.

“We designed our new ward to accommodate some types of

patients who would previously have been restricted to intensive

care,” explained respiratory physician Dr Mohan Nagarajah.

“Patients are still getting the close observation and treatment,

but in a more normalised ward setting so it’s less confronting.

“There are also significant advantages for staff with more

opportunities for professional development and training for

nurses, doctors and allied health professionals," Mohan said.

The new ward design accommodates BiPAP machines for non-

invasive ventilation, high flow oxygen therapy, telemetry, and

blood gas sampling, and nurses stations were designed to allow

maximum patient observation.

"The change allows us to expedite transfers out of intensive care

and improve the patient experience," Mohan said.

"It's been a real collaboration between our doctors, nurses, allied

health professionals and administrative teams, and we're already

seeing the benefits to patients."

Left, first patient Keith pictured with the respiratory team.

Left, below, our doctors and nurses complete their training on

the new arterial blood gas equipment with specialist trainer

Shaila from Radiometer.

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BMDH Project Brag Book Friday 24 February 2017 | No. 209

PLAYING NICE: Our B2Hub teams attended an etiquette

session this week to grapple with the top office dilemmas

and set some ground rules for working in flexible spaces

in the future. Part of this week’s task involved matching

their actual work (answering emails, going to meetings

and having confidential discussions) with an appropriate

B2Hub workspace. There was a lot of discussion and

laughter, lots of thoughtful negotiation and a general

consensus about smelly lunches (best saved for Hospital

Street). Above, Xioli, Leza-Maree, Sue-Anne and Sonia

complete the workpoints activity.

BUSY B’S

eMEDS IS COMING THE COUNTODWN IS ON:

eMeds goes live at

Blacktown Hospital on 28

February. Click here to see

the LHD information video

and find out more about

eMeds improves medication

safety for nurses, doctors,

pharmacists and patients.

Or contact the eMeds team

for more information.

YEAR OF THE ROOSTER

RED ROOSTERS: Our Regional Dialysis Centre team had

a great time celebrating Chinese New Year recently with

staff and families. “Yum” cha indeed!

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B47 In-Centre Haemodialysis Ward

Blacktown Hospital | BMDH Project Stage 2

Blacktown Hospital will open a new in-centre

haemodialysis unit in March for people who need

to continue their regular dialysis treatments while

they are in-patients or outpatients in our hospital.

The existing service on B28 will relocate from the

current ward into a newly refurbished space called

B47 In-Centre Haemodialysis, with more

treatment areas and a bright, welcoming, patient-

friendly design.

If you are a dialysis patient or carer, your

healthcare team will advise you about

arrangements for the new ward.

B47 In-centre Haemodialysis is part of our $700

million Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals

Expansion Project (BMDH Project), providing more

services closer to home for our local community.

B47 In-Centre Haemodialysis opens March 2017

We are starting work on our new car park extension this year and things have changed around

the P1 multi-storey car park.

There will be some inconvenience from time to time - we appreciate your patience during

minor delays.

On the bright side, we will have more car spaces by the end of the year.

Thanks for your understanding.

Blacktown car park changes

now in place

Blacktown Hospital Site Alert Car park changes | Issued 20 January 2017

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Need to know

Safety hoarding and barriers have

been installed around car park exit

area

Car park is now one exit lane only

Drivers can still can exit left to Marcel

Cresc or right to Blacktown Rd

westbound

Drive slowly and carefully

Changed pedestrian access including

pedestrian crossing relocation

Walk on marked paths only

No change to fire stairs or lifts

Follow instructions from site staff

Please be patient if there are minor

delays

One vehicle exit

lane now

pedestrian path

Remaining exit lane

for road traffic

Existing

pedestrian

walkway

taken over

for

construction

HOSPITAL

BUNGARRIBEE

HOSPITAL

P2

Blacktown

Hospital

WESTERN SYDNEY UNI

BLACKTOWN ROAD

P

Admin & Education

Renal

STAGE 2

All staff: During Stage 2

construction, please use cancer

centre entry for staff drop-off and

pick-up at Blacktown Hospital

Blacktown Hospital Site Alert Drop-off and pick-up | Issued 20 January 2017

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Staff please use

this entry for

drop-off and

pick-up

Please print and share - print a copy for your noticeboard and advise all staff

During our major

Stage 2 expansion

works, we are asking

all staff to use the

cancer centre entry

(eastern entry) for

drop-off and pick-up.

This will help us

maintain traffic flow

around the site at

busy times and keep

main entry access

clear for patients.

We appreciate your

co-operation.