Here’s a look at health and environmental news from around South Carolina.
GHS wins award for infection prevention
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Three hospitals in the Greenville Health System have been awarded a South Carolina Certified Zero Harm Award by the South Carolina Hospital Association.
The SCHA says the award is given “in recognition of each facility’s excellent work in preventing hospital-acquired infections.”
Recreational shellfish season opening delayed until October 15
The 2017-2018 season for recreational harvest of shellfish (clams, oysters, mussels and other bivalves) in coastal waters of South Carolina will open one-half hour before official sunrise on Sunday, Oct. 15. The recreational shellfish season will remain open through May 15, 2018, unless conditions warrant extending or shortening the season.
The recreational season opening has been delayed for two weeks due to water quality impacts from Hurricane Irma.
General Interest
MOUNT PLEASANT — The opioid drug epidemic is “decimating” the Lowcountry, a Drug Enforcement Administration officer told a group of about 300 people who met Monday morning to hear leaders address a drug crisis that President Donald Trump recently called a “national emergency.”
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