Abbeville General Earns an “A” Grade in Patient Safety

Abbeville General was awarded an “A” grade today when Leapfrog updated grades for Fall 2020.  To read more about this outstanding achievement, please see Press Release below. 2020 PRESS RELEASE To see Abbeville General’s full grade details and access...

New Two-Bin Shelving System Optimizes Time and Supplies

ICU is moving to a two-bin system as part of a pilot program for the entire hospital. The new shelves are deeper and will allow one bin to be placed in front of the other. The two-bin system is geared to ensure the nursing staff has all of the materials they need for...

New DXA Bone Densitometry Determines Osteoporosis

  DXA Bone Densitometry:   A bone density test determines if you have osteoporosis — a disorder that causes bones to be more fragile and more likely to break. In the past, osteoporosis would be suspected only after you broke a bone. By that time, however, your...

New Anesthesia Equipment Purchased

Carestation 650 Anesthesia Delivery System:   Care station 650 anesthesia machine and monitoring system with state of the art invasive and non-invasive monitoring capability for anesthetizing patients. Level 1 hotline blood/ fluid warmer. Anesthesia locking cart...

New Operating Room To be Added

Abbeville General is expanding its Surgery Department by adding a 5th Operating Room to the Surgical Suite.  A new Skytron 3503 EZ Slide Surgical Table has been purchased, with the following features: Electric table with two 12 volt batteries as back up Emergency...