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COVID-19 Update

NAPLES, Fla. – March 15, 2020 – NCH Healthcare System (NCH) has confirmation from the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) that a patient has tested positive for COVID-19. The patient arrived at the hospital on March 11 in the ER and was admitted. NCH followed FDOH and CDC guidelines, and the patient was isolated on March […]

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Germ-zapping robots to combat infection-causing pathogens

A germ-zapping robot isn’t replacing hospital housekeeping; it steps in as a second layer of protection to make sure the job is done. NCH Healthcare System debuted the robot system that destroys infection-causing pathogens which can be devastating to patients, along with driving up costs to hospitals for addressing hospital-acquired infections. It is the first hospital in

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Meet the new superbug killing robot at Naples Community Hospital

Wendy, the Xenex UV robot, is the next step in the fight to keep you healthy in the hospital as she goes around Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System with a UV light that kills things like MRSA and the Coronavirus. All over the country, you can find horror stories about drug-resistant superbugs. C-Diff is just

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Emergency room at NCH Downtown Baker Hospital getting $35M upgrade

Construction workers will be a fixture at NCH Baker Hospital Downtown for the next two years. The emergency room at the hospital is undergoing a $35 million renovation that will include a two-story addition with an observation unit to handle patient fluctuations during busier winter months. The last renovation was in 2008. The emergency room

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Chief executive officer of NCH Paul Hiltz looks back at first 90 days

Paul Hiltz kept his promise of listening to gripes and suggestions from physicians and patients, donors and community leaders during his first 90 days. He wasted no time taking the helm of the NCH Healthcare System in Collier County to begin restoring the community’s faith in its dominant hospital system after a tumultuous turn-of-events. Hiltz

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