[LabUpdates] Laboratory Formulary Committee Updates - Lab IT update notification

[Matthew Elkins]

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Medicine and laboratory testing are constantly changing. In an attempt to keep us all on the same page, the Laboratory Formulary Committee will be regularly sending out emails with recent updates and guidances.  A short description of the change is below.

Upgrade to Laboratory IT: On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, starting at 06:00AM, the laboratory will implement a new server that supports the resulting of tests processed on the main chemistry analyzers in the Downtown and Community campus clinical laboratories.  We anticipate the server upgrade to take approximately two hours.  During this time, laboratory staff are still able to process specimens and distribute results, however it will be a manual process which requires more time than usual.  STAT lab orders are given priority per standard practice.

The laboratory would like to make clinical staff aware of this upgrade, and also encourage staff to send early morning draws to the lab in a timely manner in the early hours of Wednesday December 14th.  The laboratory will process and result chemistry specimens as quickly as possible.

Other analyzers and instruments are not impacted.

Please forward and post for your staff and colleagues.

For prior guidances, please visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://upstate0.sharepoint.com/sites/LaboratoryFormularyCommitteeLabchanges__;!!GobTDDpD7A!JfA3xtq5fK1noa5KVaxWPWtE5vKEXuvTqVYDg472RKlOwIUgjpNy_sWsP7goPAMd5aE9tmmATAlzIYpABOYyJQ3nSG3H$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/upstate0.sharepoint.com/sites/LaboratoryFormularyCommitteeLabchanges__;!!GobTDDpD7A!fMqwKEI3JlieL_eF-Vo4vMVj2PNzfXcL0GsxYMLCbL6cXpbRqzmyQKWIxbV1BBgJ8OlmOsFv$>

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