Middletown resident named award winner in QuickFire Challenge
Middletown resident named award winner in QuickFire Challenge
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A Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) pediatric nurse from Middletown has been named an awardee of the Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge in COVID-19 Patient Care.
Kathleen Malouf, who works in Pediatric Medical Stay for MMC’s Unterberg Children’s Hospital in Long Branch, is the inventor of the IsoPouch, a simple, disposable, transparent pouch that adheres to an isolation gown.
The IsoPouch can help health workers quickly and easily gather supplies and preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), according to a press release.
Malouf joins Jennifer Stinson, a nurse scientist from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, to be recognized among hundreds of applicants worldwide for innovative ideas aiming to improve COVID-19 patient care, according to the press release.