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LABORATORIES
AND FACILITIES
Access
to organizations representing individuals with disabilities, USF has
access to individuals with disabilities through several of its partner
institutions listed below. The
Rehabilitation Engineering Technology Program is actively involved in
rehabilitation and reintegration of individuals with disabilities into
both home and work environments.
The
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, a JCAHO accredited hospital, is a
580 bed facility that provides comprehensive inpatient, primary,
secondary, and tertiary care in medical, surgical, neurological,
rehabilitation, and short-term psychiatric modalities, primary and
specialized ambulatory care and rehabilitation nursing home care through
its attached 240 bed nursing home care unit. Specialized programs are
offered in treatment of chronic pain, spinal cord injury, traumatic
brain injury, and general rehabilitation. The Spinal Cord Injury Center
at the Tampa VAMC is one of the largest SCI centers in the country,
serving over 1500 people with spinal cord injury. It is currently
recognized as a Center of Excellence. The
average census is 45 patients. Usually 5-10 of these patients are
admitted for care of community acquired pressure ulcers.
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