Sterile Solutions Supply Chain Disruption by Peritoneal Dialysis

 

To: All providers or those affected by the saline shortage From: Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division URGENT ATTENTION REQUIRED - The Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division needs assistance in updating information about who provides dialysis services at various facilities and the number of patients receiving dialysis at home. Hurricane Helene impacted one of the largest IV fluid suppliers, owned by Baxter International, in North Carolina. This has resulted in supply chain disruptions and gaps in supplies of normal saline IV fluids, irrigation fluids, sterile water, and certain dextrose solutions. Baxter has resumed shipping to hospitals and dialysis centers, and global plants are increasing production to meet U.S. needs. However, because of ongoing disruptions, some products remain on allocation. The division asks that you complete the Google Form linked below. This will help identify the number of patients receiving intravenous and peritoneal dialysis at various facilities and their locations. This form will also provide information on the number of patients receiving home dialysis for those facilities that provide home care services. Please include a reliable contact person and the facility or agency’s phone number.  Please complete this Google Form with the requested information.

Colorado Health Facilities Interactive (COHFI) Updates Deployment 10/16/2024

 

To: All Colorado Health Facilities Interactive (COHFI) users From: HFEMSD The Colorado Health Facilities Interactive (COHFI) System will deploy updates to the Licensing, Survey Tracking, and Occurrences modules during special maintenance hours of 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. If unforeseen problems occur, the deployment could last longer.  All COHFI applications will be unavailable during the deployment from 3:00 p.m. to at least 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Please plan to log out of the system by 3:00 p.m. today to avoid lost work. Overall, the functions within each COHFI module will remain unchanged. Following the updates, the COHFI system and modules may look a bit different. Some function buttons and data will be displayed in new locations. Most data and function buttons will remain in their current locations. The “back arrow” will no longer be functional on most COHFI screens. After the deployment, users must navigate COHFI by opening and closing “pop-up” screens. Users may experience minor bugs in the system after the updates are deployed. If you experience any issues, please report them via email to cohfi.support@state.co.us. We appreciate your patience as we work to improve our systems.