12:01 a.m. to Approximately 1 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11
From 12:01 a.m. to approximately 1 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, the following applications will experience a downtime due to a required system maintenance:
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Alaris Pump
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The physical Alaris IV pumps will still work for infusing medications, but data won’t be shared with Epic.
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If an infusion is completed or discontinued during downtime: Manually complete documentation on the patient’s I/O flowsheet.
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If a new infusion begins during downtime:When communication between Alaris and Epic resumes, the nurse should back-associate the infusion with the patient’s order.
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If an infusion continues to run during downtime:When communication between Alaris and Epic resumes, the pump will send the infusion details to Epic and should populate for Infusion Verify
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For more information:Review the IV Pump Integration Downtime tip sheet.
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Nurse Call (HMTW only)
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HMTW nurse call won’t send messages to Vocera badges during the downtime.
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All other HMTW nurse call life safety indicators (lights, tones, consoles, pillow speakers) will still work as normal.
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RightFax
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RightFaxwon’t be available during this downtime.
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If patient care requires an immediate fax, please print from Epic, then manually fax (not within Epic).
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