The Blood Bank computer system will be down for two planned maintenance events Today Monday, July 23, 2018. The planned downtime is scheduled for the following times:

• 1530 to 1545 (15 minutes)
• 1930 to 2100 (90 minutes)

During the downtimes, blood products will need to be administered using downtime procedures. Blood Bank results from testing performed during the downtime will not be available in Epic until after the system is back up.

Blood Bank services will still be available during these timeframes for urgent patient care needs. Please try to address non-urgent blood product needs outside of these downtime windows. For questions during the downtime events, call the Blood Bank at 6-2561. For questions about the downtime itself, please call Natalie Chambers at 3-7603, or email natalie-chambers@uiowa.edu.