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Sent: 01 January 2000 12:49
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Subject: NHS Year 2000 Incident Reporting - Situation Report
Dear ALL
NHS Year 2000 Incident Reporting - Situation Report
Period 00:00hrs to 10:00hrs on 1st January 2000
Overall summary of incidents
Issued jointly by NHS Estates, Medical Devices Agency and NHS Executive
Year 2000 Programme
None of the reported incidents have affected patient services or patient
safety and work-arounds have been put in place where necessary.
Estates Systems
Number of incidents reported = 13
Details
1 - Access Control System failure
Manufacturer: Grovenor Ltd. Software:Janus
8 - Communication failures i.e. telephone/fax/e-mail
Manufacturer: Seimens ISDX Telephone Consoles lock up.
[Note: re-boot system resolves problem]
2 - Fire alarm system faults
Manufacturer: Gent 3400
[Note: re-boot system resolves problem]
2 - Combined Heat and Power plant failures
Manufacturer: Centrax CHP Unit - Hawker Siddley Digital Controller
Manufacturer: CPS CHP Unit - Honeywell Control Systems
Medical Devices
Number of incidents reported = 5
Details on MDA's web site at www.medical-devices.gov.uk/y2-invest.htm
IT Systems
Number of incidents reported = 13
Details
McKesson HBO radiology system:
Patient numbering problem - workaround implemented
McKesson HBO PAS / CCL Maternity system:
System interface problem, involving date of birth display error.
HBO A&E system:
Suspect date rollover fault, later confirmed as NOT a Y2k problem.
Remass A&E system (bespoke):
Unable to access diagnosis coding functions within system.
Apex Medisys Pathology system:
Access problems from wards.
Stratus Pathology system:
Patient numbering problem.
Telepath Blood Bank System:
Year of birth missing from printed labels.
Pro Links Pathology Reporting system:
Results not appearing on wards after midnight.
CDS Telepath System (Blood Bank Module):
Year of birth not printed on reports/labels
KEYRAD Radiology Management System:
Data entry not possible and patient number searching fault,
clinical
activity NOT affected. Now resolved by supplier.
EDS A&E system:
Year of birth missing from printed labels, resolved by supplier
Siemens PAS:
Problems discharging & readmitting patients
Siemens PAS:
Unable to correct date/time error display.
Best wishes for 2000
Central Year 2000 Team Incident Control Centre
Dr D G Williams wrote:
> And a happy new millennium to you all
>
> Following a check of the following machines today we found no obvious
> problems:-
>
> Hitachi 747
> Immulite 2000
> Immulite
> Beckman Synchron CX5
>
> The only problems were with some fairly ancient stand alone computers
> running Windows v 3.11
>
> David Williams
>
> --
> Dr D G Williams FRCPath
> Department of Biochemistry
> Sunderland Royal Hospital
> [log in to unmask]
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