Upgrade affecting the blood gas analysers: 17 January, 9am – 5pm

January 12, 2024

Please be aware an essential pathology IT software upgrade will be taking place on Wednesday 17 January affecting the blood gas analysers and liat analysers. The work is being carried out by our support partner Black Country Pathology Services and is scheduled to begin at 9am for approximately eight hours and should be completed at 5pm.

During this time Unity will continue to function as normal.

The blood gas analysers and liat analysers can work independently during the upgrade; however, from 10am to 10.30am no results will be forwarded to Unity.  As these are point of care tests clinical staff will have had sight of the result on the point of care device at the time of analysis on the printout. We would recommend that clinical staff make a separate note of the blood gas and liat results section within the documents section of the patient record.

Whilst it’s possible to add these results manually via assessments and fluid balance/adult quick view/blood gas analysis, we recommend not to do this as it will create duplicate records when the data flows back after the upgrade is complete.

After the upgrade the results carried out during this time should transfer automatically to Unity.

The activity will be closely monitored by our support partner, point of care leads and IT support teams.

As always, should you have any further queries then please do contact the point of care team on ext. 5352.