Vaccine Boosters at Dana Farber
Nicole2022-03-04T20:46:29+00:00Dana Farber is keeping its patients and staff safe by offering the Covid vaccine booster. OHC nurses Shauna Arapoff and Judy Wu have been staffing the Dana Farber booster clinics.
Covid Nurse Response Rockstars!
Nicole2022-03-04T05:43:06+00:00The Covid nurse repose team for Moderna acts a resource for all things Covid - questions on exposures, symptoms, testing and vaccines. Here are 2 of this super star team of nurses: Sydney Knoll and Maria Danna. Thank you Nurse Response Team for being Rock Stars!
Student Nurses Join OHC!
Nicole2022-03-03T23:52:16+00:00OHC recently was able to hire a group of student nurses from U Mass Boston to help with fit testing at MGH. This is a great way to expose students to occupational health. This is Sophia Baldino using bitrex to get the fit testing equipment ready. Welcome to OHC Sophia!
Gail Morey with OHC 15 Years!!
Nicole2022-03-03T23:46:00+00:00Gail Morey – 15 years at OHC. Gail Morey RN, COHN-S has been part of OHC’s team since January 2007. She followed in her mothers footsteps as a nurse (Gail & Mom in photo). Gail has worked at for OHC at Bose Corporation, Astra Zeneca, Sanofi and currently helping out Bentley University. Gail has 2 adult children, it has been fun watching them grow up and graduate from college. She lives with her husband and dog. She is an avid adventurer who loves to travel and be outdoors. Gail – OHC is lucky to have you and we thank you for [...]
One Year of Covid-19 Vaccinations
Nicole2021-12-16T03:44:59+00:00Thank you OHC nurses for helping with Covid-19 vaccines!!!! December marks the 1-year anniversary of COVID-19 vaccinations being recommended and administered in the United States. On December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a vaccine to help prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus in people age 16 years and older. Following this authorization, on December 12, 2020 the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for persons age 16 years and older in the United States. Since that time, more than 485 million [...]
Walking Pod joins the OHC Team!
Nicole2021-12-16T03:32:27+00:00OHC is helping with Covid-19 testing in Lynn, MA. The weather has been a challenge for the drive through testing site but we have come up with a solution! Kim Begin before. Katie Sutherland modeling the new walking pod.
Spotlight: Teri Clover and The Public Health Museum
Nicole2021-12-09T18:13:08+00:00Outbreak! coordinator, Teri Clover, was featured in this month's Region 7 member update for the Network of the National Library of Medicine's blog. We are grateful for @NLM_NIH's support of the program. Read more about Teri and her path to public health here: http://ow.ly/HsW750GSEwT
Connecting with Nurses at Worcester State University
Nicole2021-11-26T21:53:12+00:00Had a great time speaking about Occupational Health to nurses via zoom from Worcester State University in the Masters of Nursing Program. What a bright group, engaging, thoughtful, asked great questions. Thank you Professor Stephanie Chalupka for the invite! What a special group.
Sheila Wilson RN – OHC Mentor Extraordinaire
Nicole2021-11-26T20:50:51+00:00Sheila Wilson RN has been amazing about taking new OHC nurses under her wing - she is a great mentor!!!!! Here she is with Julia Tom. Julia says: "I feel like I’ve learned so much from her and always have a great time at the Fan Pier Vertex site." Thanks Sheila for being an amazing nurse!
Renewed as a Women Business Enterprise
Nicole2021-06-27T01:31:23+00:00We are thrilled to be renewed as a women business enterprise (WBE) for another three years. Many thanks to the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office for the renewal and recognition of Occupational Health Connections and our Founder/CEO, Nancy Clover. OHC is proud to be a women owned business!