Welcome to The Liver Support Group Website
Recent Updates:
28/09/08
Hi Everyone,
I am sorry I have not been in touch with members of the Liver Support Group since my election as President in August but my mother has been seriously ill in hospital. Fortunately she is now on the mend and I can get back to a normal life.
Membership of the Liver Support Group is now due, $5 per family. We have been fairly quiet over the last 12 months but our Stall which is held in the RPA foyer on the 1st Thursday of each month has been very profitable thanks to those members who man the Stall and those members and family who supply us with goods to sell. We have many who work tirelessly knitting and sewing so we have stock, your efforts are greatly appreciated. We also sell second hand books so please if you have any spare books we would be very happy to receive them, they can be left at the Clinic on Level 9, RPA.
Over the last year the Group has bought a new blood monitor unit for the Clinic which enables them to do tests previously unavailable unless they borrowed a machine from the Ward, which was not always available. This machine cost over $5,000, we have also paid the airfare for a patient's daughter to accompany her to England for specialist treatment and supported Clinic and Ward staff members with help to attend conferences.
I have asked some members of the Liver Support Group who have travelled overseas to write stories of their travels, some recipients of a transplant liver are reluctant to travel overseas but it has been done by many of our members and I look forward to passing on their tales.
- Margaret McKinlay
President.
06/10/08
Hi Everyone,
LifeGift NSW/ACT, part of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service will be holding a FREE one day Seminar on Organ and Tissue Donation on Wednesday 22nd October 2008.
The Seminar is open to all persons interested in learning more about Organ and Tissue Donation and is a good opportunity for those interested in helping to promote organ donation to attend a learning session and to have their questions answered by experts in the field.
A Light Lunch, Morning and Afternoon Tea will be provided by LifeGift and you can attend the Morning, Afternoon or both sessions.
Organ Donors Save Lives.
For more information and to sign on to the organ donor register to save lives call 1800 777 203 or go to
www.organdonor.com.au or contact the RTA to renew your drivers licence details, then tell your family of your decision.
You can download the full invitation details in Adobe Acrobat format and
- Mark Rosser
About Us
The Liver Support Group Inc was founded on 10th November 1992. It was established to aid transplantation patients with emotional support where possible. Over the past 11 years the group has grown and now provides varied services.
The Liver Support Group Website is a simple way for people to keep up to date and in contact with other people in the same position.
The goal of the group today is to:
- Provide peer support to liver patients and their families.
- Demonstrate the quality of life that may be attained after a liver transplant.
- Offer opportunities to talk and meet with others who have experienced what they are, or will be experiencing.
- Offer support to carers and their families.
- Provide some financial assistance.
- Moral support.
- Practical support – many members have valuable expertise in various fields.
- Raise funds to aid research projects.
- Heighten the community’s awareness of transplantation within Australia.
- Provide a regular Newsletter to keep people informed; informal meetings, be it face to face, by phone or email.
How do we achieve this?
- Through various activities such as raffles and a monthly stall.
- By providing a regular Newsletter to keep people informed, informal meetings.
- Canvass for Corporate sponsorship
- Assist in patient education schemes/days.
Cost of Membership.
The cost of membership is $5.00 per family per calendar year, (1st January to 31st December).
NOTE: to be able to vote at meetings it is necessary to be a financial member.
Membership forms should be completed and cheques made to The Liver Support Group and forwarded to the address below.
Contact Details.
If you would like further information on the group or to join, please contact:
All mail can be forwarded to:
The Liver Support Group
PO Box 163
Woonona NSW 2517
Membership
Joining The Liver Support Group
Cost of Membership.
The cost of membership is $5.00 per family per calendar year, (1st January to 31st December).
NOTE: to be able to vote at meetings it is necessary to be a financial member.
Membership forms should be completed and cheques made to The Liver Support Group and forwarded to the address below.
Click Here to Download a Printable Application Form
Contact Details.
If you would like further information on the group or to join, please contact:
All mail can be forwarded to:
The Liver Support Group
PO Box 163
Woonona NSW 2517
THE LIVER LIFELINE NEWSLETTER
You can download the an Issue of the
Liver Lifeline by clicking on a Link below.
THE LIVER LIFELINE November 06
THE LIVER LIFELINE July 03
Here is a sample:
Some Infection Control Issues
MRSA: (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.)
What is MRSA?
MRSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria commonly found on the skin of healthy people. Occasionally, staphylococcus can get into the body and cause an infection.
Infections from Staphylococcus aureus may be minor, such as boils and skin conditions or serious as blood infections.
Methicillin is an antibiotic that in the past was used to treat Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Some staphylococcus bacteria have developed a resistance to Methicillin and can no longer be killed by this antibiotic.
This resistant bacterium is called Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
How do I know if I have MRSA?
Several different Units tithing RPAH routinely take swabs to look for MRSA on patients.
Sometimes MRSA can be on your body and not make you feel unwell or give you any signs or symptoms of infection.
This is referred to as colonisation.
Infections with MRSA can occur at many different places around the body, for example in wounds, urine and blood.
Most patients with MRSA are colonised with the bacteria and do not have an infection.
How is MRSA spread?
MRSA can be spread from patients already carrying the bacteria, through contact with unwashed hands or contact with dirty equipment.
It is important that everyone maintains good hand washing practices.
Blue Book Transplant Handbook
