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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Effective Monday November 21, 2022: 
</span></b>Currently,<b> </b>when placing the <i>EzPAP Therapy order</i>, certain conditions prevent Respiratory Therapists from providing treatment to the patient.  To help streamline this workflow and prevent any delay in care or providing inappropriate treatment,
<b>Contraindications </b>have been added to the EzPAP Therapy order.  Depending on the contraindication selected, will determine the next steps to take in ordering treatment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more about the <b>EzPAP Therapy Contraindications, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.upstate.edu*2Ftraining*2Fintra*2Fepic*2Fdocuments*2Fezpap_therapy_contraindications_upstate_system_update_bulletin.pdf&data=05*7C01*7CHoytS*40upstate.edu*7C9ee82969b65f42a0394c08dac975324d*7C5cf50a665e2641dd89f883cf73ffee98*7C0*7C0*7C638043802438553944*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000*7C*7C*7C&sdata=uL8O0nUoe*2FhjK7LUwMyoXhfGvBPmcCZf49AKoLwkOqQ*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!GobTDDpD7A!M5hGyhF_e40V4i-AjzZDqv2YoDL8z6G52PF3Xzxy8FilufKRSyqZW2-y_5wjVrn8rTTB_p0Kynhuu8pjtxtYkzYjKxjJcXSw$">
click here</a></b> . <o:p></o:p></p>
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