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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"><b><u>HILL-ROM</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u> NURSE
CALL INTERRUPTION NOTICE FOR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DOWNTOWN CAMPUS</u></b></span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TO: All Departments
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">in University Hospital Downtown with Hill-Rom Nurse Call System</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FROM: Larry Blanchard, Assistant Director of Facilities</span></p>
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<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SUBJECT:
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Hill-Rom Nurse Call System Interruption for all units with Hill-Rom Nurse Call System</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">DATE: March 2024</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On
<b>Wednesday,</b> <b>March 20, 2024</b>, from 5:30AM until 7:00AM there will be an IMT server maintenance for the
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">nurse call system. It is critical to note that during this update that
<b>ALL tones and lights will continue to operate as usual on each nursing unit; however, there will be the following impact/interruptions:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>CODE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><b> BLUE/
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>CODE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><b> WHITE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>
alarms will </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b><u>NOT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> be delivered to Connexall, will
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b><u>NOT</u>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>annunciate on VOCERA badges, and will
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b><u>NOT
</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>report to the operator.</b></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Other Hill-Rom alarms (bed exit or patient request/nurse call) will
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b><u>NOT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> alert VOCERA badges</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b>.</b></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>At nurses’ stations, the following alarms will appear; “Lost Central Server” and “Lost VoIP Server”. These alarms will clear once the update is complete. If the alarms do
not clear, contact the Maintenance Operations Center at 4-4230.</b></span></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b>*** As a reminder to staff, it is standard policy (CME-15/ CM P-77) to call the operator
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b>(4-4444) for ALL
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><b>CODE BLUE/CODE WHITE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: red;"><b> events in addition to pulling the code lever.
It is especially important to do so during this interruption. ***</b></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: yellow;"><u>This update only affects the Hill-Rom nurse call system.</u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you have any questions or require clarification of this notice, please contact Stewart Hatzinger at extension 4-8923.</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Anne Hodges, Office Assistant 2</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Upstate Medical University Room 1806</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">315-464-4230</span></div>
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