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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TO:<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>All 6E Nursing Personnel and All East Wing Nursing Personnel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FROM:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Larry Blanchard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Physical Plant Services<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DATE:<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>April 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SUBJECT:<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monthly Testing of East Wing and Gamma Knife
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nurse Call - "Code Blue" System<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The next monthly test is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">To comply with current regulations, the Physical Plant Electronics personnel will be conducting a monthly test of the "Code Blue" portion of the nurse call system in the
East Wing and Gamma Knife.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">This test will affect all patient headwalls in the East Wing (Cardiopulmonary ICU, Neurology Surgical Unit, Cardiopulmonary Medical Surgery Unit, Intermediate Care, Medical
Surgery CCU, Burn Unit and Gamma Knife).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EAST WING AND GAMMA KNIFE - “CODE BLUE” TEST PROCEDURE:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Physical Plant personnel will report to the nurses’ station to announce that they will be conducting "Code Blue" testing and to see if there are any
rooms that have special restrictions.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The test will be announced over the paging system fifteen minutes prior to the test (4:45AM).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">2.<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>Physical Plant personnel will then proceed with the test starting with the first room on the unit and proceeding down the hall until finished with the unit.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>When the testing on the unit is finished, a notification will be given to the appropriate nursing staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">3.<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>Plant Electronics technicians will proceed with testing until all units are tested.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The order is to be as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>- Cardiopulmonary ICU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>- Neurology Medical Surgical Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>- Cardiopulmonary Medical Surgical Unit<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>- Intermediate Care Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>- Medical/Surgical ICU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>- Burn Care Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>- Gamma Knife<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">4.<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>When all testing is completed and all of the nursing staff is notified, the test will then be over.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Completion of the test will be announced over the paging system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">NOTE:<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>To comply with current regulations, this testing must be done.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Any rooms that cannot be tested at this time must be noted along with the reason why and an attempt will be made to test at a later date</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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