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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Attention IP, AMB, and ED Physicians and Clinicians:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">Effective April 1, 2024:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">
</span><span style="color:black">To improve patient safety, updates have been made to
<b>Blood Administration </b>order sets to include the <b><i>Special Requirements </i>
</b>information on <b><i>both </i></b>the <b>Prepare </b>blood products order and
<b>Transfuse </b>blood products order as well. There is also a change to the options for
<b>duration time </b>in the Transfuse order. Additionally, a </span><i><span style="color:red">new order</span></i><span style="color:black">,
<b>Transfusion Duration Adjustment</b>, must be placed when patient events require an extension of the original duration time.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please click <a href="https://www.upstate.edu/training/intra/epic/documents/blood_transfusion_order_updates.pdf">
Providers - Blood Administration Order Updates</a> to review the details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p>
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