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February 2017

Vein Center Earns IAC Accreditation

UR Medicine Vein Center is the region’s first vascular surgery-led team to earn Intersocietal Accreditation Commission accreditation for comprehensive vein care.

'Wash-Glove-Wash,' Repeat: Campaign Extended to Promote Hand Hygiene

In 2016, we gloved up to take down healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) at SMH.
This year, we’re back for round two.

Imaging Teams Begin Shifting Outpatient Care to New Building

Imaging services is offering outpatient ultrasound scanning at UR Medicine’s new East River Road building beginning Feb. 7. Imaging is gradually relocating all adult outpatient services there and Golisano Children’s Hospital will open its Neuromedicine and Behavioral Health center, including the Levine Autism Clinic, on the third floor in April.

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