Walk-In Flu Vaccines are offered 7 days a week through St. James Urgent Care in Lutcher. Vaccines are available to patients age 3 and up.
St. James Parish Hospital has been recognized with a 2023 Chartis Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Patient Perspective.
Respiratory cases are on the rise. Protect yourself from the flu. Walk-in flu vaccines are offered 7 days a week at St. James Urgent Care in Lutcher.
CHEER ON THE WILDCATS FROM HOME 🏈
The audio broadcast of the St. James High School game is proudly sponsored by St. James Parish Hospital. Tune in on Friday, December 1st at 7pm.
OPTIONS:
KBZE 105.9FM Radio Station
www.facebook.com/KBZESPORTS
Visit www.youtube.com/@kbze
Download the KBZE Radio App (free download)
Say “Alexa, play the breeze from TuneIn Radio”
Download the TuneIn App (free download) and search for KBZE
St. James Parish Hospital's Joint Commission accredited lab is now hiring a Medical Laboratory Scientist. Learn more or apply online tinyurl.com/sjphcareers.
Wishing our community a happy, healthy Thanksgiving🍂 Thank you for allowing us to serve you and your families. Our clinics and urgent care are closed on Thanksgiving. We are open on Black Friday.
We're celebrating "Way Back Wednesday" during national #AntibioticAwareness Week. Check out this blog post written by CEO Mary Ellen Pratt in 2017. In this feature Mary Ellen discusses antibiotic resistance and the reason it is so important to trust your physician when it comes to these treatments.
If you are prescribed antibiotics, take them exactly as your provider recommends. If you aren't, it is okay to ask "why" but it's also important to understand that based on your health, symptoms and tests, this is what your clinician believes is safest for you. #USAAW23
Resist Asking for Antibiotics - By: Mary Ellen Pratt, FACHE, CEO - St. James Parish Hospital
www.sjph.org
In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a landmark report sounding the alarm of the urgent threat facing human health – antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antibiotics and similar drugs, to...
Are your feet trying to tell you something?🦶
According to the American Podiatric Medical Association, approximately 20% of the U.S. population has at least one foot problem annually which can be the result of an underlying health issue such as diabetes.
Watch the video below to learn how to do a one-minute diabetes foot check. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, this check is recommended daily.
If you have concerns, schedule a visit at our wound care center in Lutcher. A doctor's referral is not require#diabetesawarenessmonth2023h2023
ARE YOU ANTIBIOTICS AWARE?
Test your antimicrobial knowledge www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/quiz.html.
#AntimicrobialResistance #USAAW23
DID YOU KNOW?
St. James Parish Hospital has an Antibiotic Stewardship Team of frontline staff, leaders and physicians. This team works together to measure and review data to ensure antibiotics are used responsibly throughout our hospital and clinics with the goal of protecting our patients and community.
Team members Scott Dantonio, RPh, Director of Pharmacy (top row center), and Diana Rothenberg, PharmD (not pictured), have each earned antimicrobial stewardship certifications.
#AntimicrobialResistance #USAAW23
NATIONAL ANTIBIOTIC AWARENESS WEEK
The discovery of penicillin 94 years ago revolutionized medicine. Today, in U.S. doctors’ offices and emergency departments, at least 28% of antibiotics prescribed each year are unnecessary. While antibiotics and antifungals are important to treat infections, any time they are used they can cause side effects and contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AR). In the U.S. alone, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year causing over 35,000 deaths.
Visit www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/about.html to learn more when, why and how antibiotics should be used. #AntimicrobialResistance #USAAW23
Our clinics and urgent care are closed on Thanksgiving and open on Black Friday. Urgent Care hours on Black Friday are 8am to 8pm.
