The University of California is installing a pioneering Web-based medical-event reporting system to improve patient safety in the UC medical centers and quickly pinpoint opportunities for improvement in patient care. The system will allow frontline medical workers to report on adverse and “near miss” medical events from most computers in a UC medical center. It will provide for early identification of trends and patterns of medical incidents. Once such patterns are identified, improvements can be made to improve patient safety. The UC effort is the first of its type in the nation, linking academic medical centers on a systemwide basis through the Internet, with provision for monthly conferences to address findings. Full story.

Electrical Work
Scheduled Next Week

The Facilities Electrical Department will be performing functional testing of 12 kV circuit breakers at Electrical Line (Bus) #1 of Switch Station SW-A6 in the Blackberry Canyon Service Area next Monday through Friday. Power to buildings in the Blackberry Canyon Service Area (50 Complex, 51 Complex, 54, 55, 55A, 60, 63, 64, 65 Complex, 67B, 67C, 70, 70A, 71 Complex, 88, 90 Complex) is now being fed from Bus #2 of SW-A6, and no interruption of power is expected. However, the possibility of an electrical power interruption always exists. For questions or additional information, contact Jim Murphy at 4175 or Mahesh Gupta at 5220.

Water Shutoff at Buildings
84 and 85B Tomorrow

Weather permitting, domestic water to buildings 84 and 85B will be shut off tomorrow from 7a.m. to 4p.m. for Sitewide Water Project work. For information, call Sam Birky at 7932.