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Blessing Celebrates World Patient Safety Day

September 17, 2021, is World Patient Safety Day. Safety is something you expect and deserve as a patient - or the loved one of a patient - and it is something on which every member of Blessing’s care teams - from Quincy to Hannibal and Pittsfield to Keokuk - focus 24/7/365.

State-of-the-art testing system now online in Blessing Hospital Laboratory

Blessing Hospital has purchased and installed a “BioFire®” testing system in its laboratory. BioFire® allows for in-house testing of twenty-one common viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens in less than an hour. The BioFire® platform has received FDA approval for COVID-19 testing and Blessing Hospital Laboratory will implement the test immediately upon receipt of the test kits from the company.

Blessing Health announces changes to healthcare services in Keokuk

In response to consistently low demand for inpatient and emergency room care, Blessing Health will close its hospital in Keokuk, Iowa.

Blessing CNA earns first Honey Bee Award

Jane Henniger, CNA, 6 South Pediatrics, received Blessing Hospital’s first Honey Bee Award on April 16, 2018.

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Blessing nurse retires after 41 years of service

Diane Beaston, RN, Blessing Surgery Center, retires on December 10, 2024, after 41 years of service.

New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Adams County, Illinois

On April 28, 2020 the Adams County Health Department announces six new cases of COVID-19 in Adams County. We are also removing one previously reported case, whose residency was determined to be out of our jurisdiction. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 39.

CNA’s impact on patients and coworkers earns Honey Bee award

The coworkers who nominated Tyler Brinkley for the Honey Bee award called him a “team player” and “absolutely amazing with patients.” That nomination led to Tyler, CNA, General Medical/Hospitalist/Observation Decision Unit, to receive the health systems 83rd Honey Bee award during a recent ceremony.

Nurse earns DAISY award for work on COVID 19 Hotline

Tammy Ruths, RN, Centralized Staffing and COVID-19 Hotline, became the 55th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. She received the award during a ceremony on October 28, 2020.