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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 1:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), the EPIC Production System will be taken off-line for from 1:55am to 3:00am to set clocks back to Standard time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Epic Downtime Read-Only (DRO) System <u>WILL</u> be available during these times.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Laboratory will be impacted during this planned Epic downtime.<b> </b>For further guidance on how Laboratory operations will be affected,<b> </b>please refer to the lab tip sheet here<b>: </b><a href="https://www-upstate-edu.libproxy.upstate.edu/training/intra/epic/documents/laboratory_system_downtime_procedures.pdf"><b>laboratory_system_downtime_procedures.pdf</b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>POINT OF CARE DEVICES</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">All Point of Care devices including Glucometers, iSTATs, Hemochrons and Hemocues must be downloaded/uploaded successfully by connecting to the network to update for the time change Sunday, November 2<sup>nd</sup>,
2025, at 2:05 AM. Verify each device has been updated before testing occurs.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Clinitek, IDNow and Afinion users should verify the time has updated on the home screen. If not, power analyzer off and then back on.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While this is a planned downtime, in the unanticipated event that a downtime level escalation is needed, you may find the downtime mitigation tools tip sheet here: <a href="https://www-upstate-edu.libproxy.upstate.edu/training/intra/epic/documents/mitigation_tools_for_bca_1.pdf">mitigation_tools_for_bca_1.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt">Stacey<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt">Stacey Robbins, PMP, MSL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SUNY Upstate Medical University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Manager, PMO, IMT <o:p></o:p></p>
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