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CampCare -
Come Join the fun!

June 2nd - August 15th.

CampCare is a summer youth camp for ages ages of 7 - 12 sponsored by Union Hospital. The camp is limited to the summer vacation weeks of the area school corporation.
Click here for registration form and more information

The New Hux Cancer Center is now open.

One Team, One Focus...You!
AP&S Oncology, Hope Center, Union Hospital Radiation Oncology, and soon, Clara Fairbanks Center for Women have joined forces in the new 88,000-square-foot facility.
Click here to learn more

MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus)

Hand washing Facts and Resources

Hand washing Quick Facts
This fact sheet from the ISDH details why hand washing is important.
http://www.in.gov/isdh/healthinfo/handwashing.htm

Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, 2002
This document describes a strategy to reduce health care infections using hand hygiene guidelines
developed by CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_handhygiene.html

Materials to Promote Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities
This link includes slide sets, posters, and buttons from the CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/

Wash Your Hands
This link includes a hand washing poster from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/antibiotic_resistance/mrsa/Handwashing_poster.pdf

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