Comprehensive Services
At the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, a team approach allows us to provide the most effective, coordinated care possible. Our medical services include:
- Prenatal diagnosis and counseling for hemoglobin disorders
- Coordination of newborn screening follow-up for hemoglobin disorders
- Comprehensive care for patients from birth through young adulthood
- Access to novel therapies through our partnership with the National Institutes of Health
- 24-hour emergency care through the Cincinnati Children’s emergency department, with support from an on-call hematologist
- Extensive laboratory testing
Patients benefit from the Day Hospital at Cincinnati Children’s, where they can receive blood transfusions and other procedures. This facility provides the same high level of care and close observation available on an inpatient basis, but allows patients and families to return home at night. Amenities such as DVD players and Internet access help pass the time.
Multidisciplinary Approach
Our core team of experts includes hematologists, nurses, social workers, school intervention specialists and psychologists. Depending on the child’s needs, the team may ask other specialists at Cincinnati Children’s to be involved including those from:
Nursing Excellence
Nurses play an integral role on the multidisciplinary team, providing patient care and extensive education. In fact, Cincinnati Children’s is known for nursing excellence.
In 2009, the medical center received Magnet status from the Commission on the Magnet Recognition Program. This is the gold standard for recognizing nursing excellence and collaboration among all care providers and patients. Of approximately 5,700 hospitals in the United States, only 6 percent have achieved this status from the Magnet Recognition Program.
