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March 16, 2021

UAB Callahan Elevator Project

At UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics, we are dedicated to providing excellent patient care to everyone who comes through our doors. To help deliver a better patient experience, we are upgrading our elevators near the parking deck.
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Fultondale Tornado
February 25, 2021

UAB SWIFT Team Saves Life With In-the-Field Amputation

On January 25, 2021, an EF-3 tornado ripped through the community of Fultondale, Alabama. The 100-year-old oak tree in Arnoldo Vasquez-Hernandez’s yard did not stand up to the 150 mph winds that evening.
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UAB Health Care Workers Get Sweet Valentine’s Day Gifts
February 25, 2021

UAB Health Care Workers Get Sweet Valentine’s Day Gifts

Children from 20 schools in the Birmingham area turned what is in their hearts into art and created colorful cards for UAB Medicine workers. Morning and evening shift staff will get a handmade valentine along with individually wrapped cookies and popcorn on Sunday, Feb. 14.
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Forbes List of Best Large Employers
February 15, 2021

Pandemic Response Helps UAB Earn No. 1 Spot on Forbes List of Best Large Employers

We can all agree that 2020 was a difficult year, especially for hospitals and health care workers. But UAB Medicine rose to the COVID-19 challenge, helping UAB earn the No. 1 spot on Forbes magazine’s national list of Best Large Employers for 2021.
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Dr. Marcela Frazier
February 10, 2021

From Medellín to Medicine: Optometrist Marcela Frazier Built a Practice that Honors Her Heritage

During her nearly two decades in Birmingham, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital and Clinics pediatric optometrist Marcela Herrera Frazier, OD, MSPH, has built a successful vision practice and touched the lives of countless children – especially in the local Hispanic community. A Colombian native, she’s earned the trust of the parents and patients alike, and today about 30% of them share her heritage.
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pandemic staffing task force
February 8, 2021

Pandemic Staffing Task Force Makes Best Use of Helping Hands

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage of clinical staff has been a significant problem for health care organizations. UAB Medicine formed a Pandemic Staffing Task Force to address our nursing shortage, and its call for help received a campus-wide response from nurses, faculty, students, and other staff.
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callahan clinic
February 8, 2021

Callahan Trussville Q&A

We know you’d go to the ends of the Earth to get the most advanced eye care for your family, but UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics made sure you don’t have to.
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handwashing graphic
January 22, 2021

Can you get COVID-19 from using cash or change when purchasing items?

COVID-19 is primarily spread person to person via respiratory droplets or small particles, like aerosols. If infectious respiratory droplets land on objects (such as cash or change), and someone touches the object and then touches his/her mouth, eyes or nose, then he/she may get COVID-19. In general, it is important to maintain excellent hand hygiene, especially after touching commonly used items, such as money.
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Does zinc help fight COVID-19?
January 22, 2021

Does zinc help fight COVID-19?

Studies are ongoing to determine whether nutritional supplements such as zinc have an effect on people with COVID-19.
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How long does COVID last on wood?
January 22, 2021

How long does COVID last on wood?

According to a study published in The Lancet Microbe, under various environmental conditions, no infectious COVID-19 virus could be found on treated wood after two days.
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How long should you quarantine if you are asymptomatic but tested positive for COVID-19?
January 22, 2021

How long should you quarantine if you are asymptomatic but tested positive for COVID-19?

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), if you test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms or ever develop symptoms, then in most cases you should isolate for 10 days from the date of the positive test.
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Is it safe to spend time with someone who previously tested positive for COVID-19 if they are no longer symptomatic?
January 22, 2021

Is it safe to spend time with someone who previously tested positive for COVID-19 if they are no longer symptomatic?

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), in general, if someone tested positive for COVID-19 and had symptoms, then he/she can be around others once 10 days have passed since symptoms began, and he/she is without fever for 24 hours (without using fever-reducing medications), and any other COVID-19 symptoms are improving. These recommendations do not apply to those who have a severe case of COVID-19 nor to people who are immunocompromised.
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