Back Row: Ashton Powers, Shawn Murphy, Cathy Murphy, Doug Yearwood; Front Row: Amber Jones, Margaux Guillet, Lauritz Adriansen, Daniel Urshansky

It is heart-warming to receive this generous donation from the players and families of Alpharetta Ambush. These funds will be used to subsidize counseling services for The Summit’s school-based counseling program.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (PRWEB)
December 19, 2019

As part of their 9th annual Fall Fundraiser, the Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club donated $5,000 to The Summit Counseling Center in November. The Summit Counseling Group offers professional school counseling services and supports the mental health of children and their families. The Fall Fundraiser revolved around selling game day jerseys, that feature the logo of The Summit Counseling Center, to members of the Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club teams. There was a 100% participation rate from all 42 of the soccer club teams and a number of independent donations were also received.

To unveil an over-sized presentation check in the amount of $5,000, four Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club players visited the corporate offices of The Summit Counseling Center. The players prepared a shared speech and collaborated to present their donation to members of The Summit Counseling Center team. They were joined by Club President, Doug Yearwood.

“Along with the Ambush coaching staff, we are constantly trying to find ways to do something different with our players other than the normal ‘soccer stuff,’ ” said Doug Yearwood, Club President, Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club. “And that’s why this day each year is my favorite day of the year. Watching young, motivated, enthusiastic Ambush players of all ages visit an intimidating corporate environment, stand in front of adults they’ve just met for the first time in their lives, and deliver perfectly executed speech… well let’s just say that’s as rewarding as watching one of our teams win the league or win a tournament! I’m very proud of each and every Ambush player at the Club and they never cease to amaze me!”

“It is heart-warming to receive this generous donation from the players and families of Alpharetta Ambush,” says Shawn Murphy, Director of Development, The Summit Counseling Center. “These funds will be used to subsidize counseling services for The Summit’s school-based counseling program, allowing kids in the community to receive counseling services that they otherwise could not afford.”

The Summit will also be providing Signs of Suicide Trusted Adult training to the Ambush coaching staff on January 10th. The role of a trusted adult is to build rapport and trust with the youth, routinely check in, invite difficult conversations, and connect the student and family to mental health resources if needed. “A trusted adult is any person that is invested in a youth’s life. It might be their aunt/uncle, coach, camp director, dance instructor, teacher, youth leader, or next door neighbor,” stated Whitney Emrick, Mental Health Awareness Coordinator, The Summit Counseling Center. “Our goal is to equip every trusted adult in our community with the tools and resources needed to respond to a youth mental health crisis.”

About Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club

Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club has served the North Fulton community for 20 years. The Club’s mission is to provide an opportunity for youths to develop and grow in their community through participation in athletic competition. With over 40 teams and professionally licensed and trained coaches, Ambush continues to be one of the steadiest soccer clubs in Georgia.

About The Summit Counseling Center

Since 1990, The Summit Counseling Center has been a trusted community partner; bringing hope, healing, and restoration to children, teens, adults, couples, and families. Through their partnerships with local community organizations, The Summit serves North Atlanta at 33 locations, including 28 local public schools where there is a therapist onsite. To learn more about The Summit Counseling Center, their school counseling services, and how they support communities, visit http://www.summitcounseling.org

To view the presentation of the check, please watch the video on The Summit Counseling Center’s Vimeo account.

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Dr. Alejandro Badia

Urgent care and ambulatory surgery centers devoted to one specialty are playing increasingly critical roles as providers of higher-quality and more affordable care in this era of health reform.

MIAMI (PRWEB)
December 19, 2019

When it comes to needing immediate treatment for non-life-threatening injuries or illnesses, who you going to call? Not your local hospital ERs or primary physicians. They’re no longer the “Ghost-Busters” of health care, says noted orthopedic surgeon and health business innovator Alejandro Badia MD, FACS.

“The explosion of medical knowledge has made it impossible for general and primary physicians to have even cursory knowledge of all specialties. That’s why urgent care and ambulatory surgery centers devoted to one specialty are playing increasingly critical roles as providers of higher-quality and more affordable care in this era of health reform,” says Dr. Badia, a specialist in treating musculoskeletal disorders of the hand, wrists and other upper limbs and founder of OrthoNOW®, a single-specialty, urgent-care franchise operation.

The latest studies back him up. In a recent report from Deloitte, one of the world’s largest accounting firms, authors write, “Markets with a higher concentration of urgent care centers have lower ER visit rates,” indicating that the Affordable Care Act’s goal of reducing “inappropriate utilization of ERs” is being met in those areas. One key reason: ER costs can be as much as 10 times those of urgent care centers, according to a 2017 article in the Washington Post.

Dr. Badia concurs with the Deloitte findings. In fact, cost and care quality were major drivers of his determination to work with a business and financial expert in developing the OrthoNOW® model. His first OrthoNOW® medical center opened in Doral, Fla. in 2010. Since then, the operation has been rapidly expanding, opening comparable facilities in other major markets

“Too often, patients with orthopedic injuries or other musculoskeletal problems are sent by their primary physician – or go on their own — to a hospital emergency room for expensive care and unnecessary diagnostic tests before being ultimately referred to me for help,” relates Dr. Badia.

In a November 2019 article published online in Op-Med, Dr. Badia presented a scenario that he says can apply “to nearly all fields of medicine.”

“It’s not uncommon for a patient to present to me with wrist pain,” he writes. “While my experience and clinical [knowledge] will often lead me to a diagnosis immediately by just listening to the patient’s complaints, the patient who comes from a primary doctor [or as a follow-up from a hospital ER] may see me with an MRI already performed, a battery of blood tests done and, perhaps, even a course of physical therapy already in progress. The problem is that this patient may simply be suffering from [a common variant of] tendinitis, which will respond to a single corticosteroid injection.”

In other words, “the subspecialist makes the diagnosis much faster, with superior resolution of the clinical problem, and at much less cost, utilizing less testing and imaging studies,” Dr. Badia says.

But quicker diagnoses, fewer tests and lower charges are not the only reasons to choose single-specialty urgent care and ambulatory surgery centers, Dr. Badia says. Patient safety is another important factor.

A study presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons determined that a “significant number” of orthopedic conditions seen at some Level I trauma centers are “misdiagnosed and ineffectively managed.” Only “a mere 22 percent of [adult] orthopedic consults were accurate,” study authors said.

Meanwhile, in a study discussed at an American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition about five years ago, University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers reported that more than 90 percent of “potential pediatric fractures” are incorrectly splinted by health care professionals in hospital emergency rooms and by general physicians in non-orthopedic-specific urgent care settings. Improper splinting can lead to additional patient injury, including skin complications, excessive swelling and failure to adequately immobilize the fractured area, the scientists indicated.

An article Dr. Badia authored for Miami Medicine cites a seven-year study by KNG Health Consulting, which found that “moving a variety of surgical procedures into ambulatory surgical centers [and] away from hospital centers greatly decreases the cost of treatment” without overutilization or increased patient self-referrals.

As to the value of freestanding orthopedic clinics and other single-specialty centers to health reform, Dr. Badia says, “All one has to do is ask the patient who has been treated at one of these facilities. Patient satisfaction tends to be high.”

That satisfaction is reflected in the rapid rise of urgent care centers generally — and single-specialty centers specifically — throughout the United States. Statista.com reports, in 2018, urgent care centers in this country totaled 8,774, up from about 6,000 in 2013.

“We have seen the advent of orthopedic urgent care centers in select markets throughout the country,” Dr. Badia adds. “Now, we simply need to expand this concept to other specialties of medicine as a way of enhancing overall patient access to quality, low-cost health care.”

Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, internationally renowned hand and upper-limb surgeon and founder of Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and OrthoNOW®, a walk-in orthopedic care clinic. He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Association for Hand Surgery and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and an honorary member of many international professional hand societies. Dr. Badia specializes in treating all problems related to the hand and upper extremities, including trauma, sports injury, joint reconstruction, nerve injuries and arthroscopic surgeries. http://www.OrthoNOWcare.com and http://www.drbadia.com.

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Best Sanitizers Helps to Support Work Wellness and Reduce the Spread of Germs in the Work Place

Our goal is to promote work wellness and reduce the spread of germs.

NEVADA CITY, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 19, 2019

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the flu season is underway for most of the country, meaning the 2019-2020 flu season is officially here! Influenza, also known as the flu, is a highly contagious respiratory illness that can cause mild to severe illness. Best Sanitizers, Inc. wants to improve work wellness and give everyone a fighting chance this flu season. According to CDC, practicing everyday preventative measures such as handwashing and surface cleaning can help stop the spread of germs and reduce the risk of people getting sick. Regularly cleaning our hands and the surfaces we touch every day will help fight the spread of illness by reducing the number of germs found in the workplace.

Washing your hands often and correctly is an effective way to help reduce the spread of germs in your workplace. Contaminated hands can transfer germs to surfaces, utensils, office supplies, telephones, door handles and other items commonly touched. Practicing proper handwashing techniques is a good start to reducing germs on the hands. Best Sanitizers recommends these Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for proper hand washing technique: Thoroughly wet hands with clean, running water, apply an adequate amount of soap, rub palms and back of hands, rub thumbs and interlace fingers, rub fingertips into palm of opposite hand and rub wrists. The actual handwashing portion should last 20 seconds to ensure effective cleaning. Rinse well with running water and dry hands thoroughly with a disposable paper towel.

Best Sanitizers recommends washing with a quality hand soap like Alpet® E1 Fragrance-Free Foam Soap. Alpet E1 is a fragrance-free, foaming hand soap that meets Safer Choice Standards, meaning the product’s formula contains ingredients with more positive human health and environmental characteristics than conventional products of the same type. For workers in the food processing and food service industries, a sanitizing soap like Alpet® Q E2 Sanitizing Foam Soap can be beneficial. Alpet Q E2 is an ideal foaming soap for all food processing environments. It’s engineered with a 0.12% Benzalkonium Chloride (BAC) formula, is NSF certified, Kosher, Pareve and Halal certified. Alpet Q E2 is formulated with emollients to keep skin soft and healthy. It is also fragrance and dye free.

Handwashing is a great start to removing pathogens from the hands, but for maximum results, Best Sanitizers recommends sanitizing hands after they’ve been washed. Sanitizing with a quality hand sanitizer, such as Alpet® E3 Plus Hand Sanitizer Spray after handwashing will further reduce germs on the hands. Alpet E3 Plus is dispensed as an atomized spray, which saturates fingernails, cuticles, cracks and crevices of the fingers and hands where pathogens hide. Its 71% Ethanol formula kills 99.9999% of 26 tested pathogens, greatly reducing the number of germs on the hands. Additionally, it has emollients that help keep hands from drying out. It is NSF certified, Kosher, Pareve and Halal certified.

Regularly cleaning surfaces also helps fight the spread of germs and promotes employee wellness in the workplace. Using a surface sanitizer, such as Alpet® D2 and Alpet® D2 Quat-Free Surface Sanitizer to clean and then sanitize door knobs, tables, counter tops, and other high-traffic areas can greatly reduce the spread of germs. Alpet D2 and Alpet D2 Quat-Free both have the fastest kill time recognized by the EPA with 60 second kill claims on food contact surfaces, and 10 second kill claims on non-food contact surfaces. They kill 99.999% of tested pathogens as a food contact surface sanitizer.

In addition, the Alpet® D2 Surface Sanitizing Wiping System is an easy solution to germ reduction on high-traffic areas, such as, door knobs, telephones, computer keyboards, and rest rooms. Alpet D2 Surface Sanitizing Wipes are ready-to-use, alcohol-based wipes that require no rinsing. These strong surface sanitizing wipes come in a self-closing canister that helps reduce the risk of premature drying. Alpet D2 Surface Sanitizing Wipes are available as a 90 count, heavy-duty wipe and a 160 count, medium-duty wipe. Canisters can be placed on any convenient flat surface, or with the optional wall bracket, can be wall-mounted in a central location for quick and convenient access.

Whether you work in an office, school, restaurant or food processing facility, Best Sanitizers’ products can help you fight the flu this season by providing quality hand soaps, hand sanitizers, and surface sanitizers.

“Our goal is to promote work wellness and reduce the spread of germs,” states Ryan Witt, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “And, we want to provide the tools and education needed to help reduce cross-contamination from hands and surfaces in the workplace.”

Best Sanitizers, Inc. carries a wide variety of products designed to help food processing and food service companies reduce cross-contamination including, sanitizing hand soaps, hand sanitizer sprays and foams, surface sanitizers, industrial cleaners, boot scrubber units and footwear sanitizing systems. Best Sanitizers also carries the largest selection of dispensing options in the industry.

For more information on Best Sanitizers products, please visit http://www.bestsanitizers.com.

About Best Sanitizers, Inc:

Since 1995, Best Sanitizers, Inc. has been providing the Food Processing, Janitorial Sanitation and Healthcare industries with the highest quality hand soaps, hand sanitizers, surface sanitizers and dispensing options available. In addition, Best Sanitizers offers cleaning and sanitizing equipment including boot scrubbers, footwear sanitizing units, doorway foamers, drain foaming accessories, and proportioning and dispensing equipment. You’ll find our products helping processors large and small reduce the risk of pathogens throughout the US. Best Sanitizers was the first company to achieve an E3 rating for an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, and the first to achieve a D2 rating for an alcohol/quat-based surface sanitizer for food contact surfaces. Best Sanitizers continues to explore new and innovative ways to deliver hand hygiene and surface sanitation solutions to the United States and Canada.

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