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Logging into
DAWN
DAWN Gets a 'Face-Lift'!
Spend a Few Days by
Lake Windermere
Enjoy a Boston "Tea Party"!
Heart Drug Combination Increases Bleed Risk
Chemist Apology after Drug Mix-Up
Mistakes at Hospital Lead to
Mans Death
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Welcome to the June edition of the
DAWN AC Anticoagulation Software E-Newsletter for 2009.
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We have found that for some Dawn AC users, logging into Dawn AC
version 7 and changing your password can pose problems and take
time. Please see below for some steps to change your password
successfully and log into Dawn:
Enter your Username at the Dawn AC
login screen:
Enter the
randomly generated password (or your existing password).
Take care to type your password
exactly as shown using the same combination of capital and small
letters, ensuring that the Caps Lock is on and off at the correct
times. Take care not to confuse the letter O and the number zero
or the letter I and the number one.
A new password can now be created
from this screen. Before doing this, hover your cursor over the
blue ‘I’ icon to the right of the new password field. This gives
the criteria that the password must meet:
Although these settings can be altered within the system, the
default requirements are as follows:
- The length of the password must be at least 6
characters long
- The password must contain at least 3 alpha characters, eg, A,
B, C, a, b, c etc
- The password must contain at least 1 numeric character, eg, 1,
2, 3, etc
- The password must contain at least 1 special character, eg, *,
“, $, %, etc
For example, a password such as
Tracy1! would meet these criteria.
Enter your new chosen password
into the New Password and Confirm boxes, before clicking on the
Login button:
If your password change has been successful, the system should
log you in and the 'You have successfully changed your Password'
message appears on the screen.
If you are unsuccessful, the login screen will remain and you
will need to enter your account details again. You are allowed up
to three attempts at logging into Dawn before a screen appears
saying 'Login Denied! Please contact your system administrator'.
If this occurs, you can close down all internet screens and try
bringing up Dawn again to log in.
If all users are unable to log into the Dawn system, there may
be an issue with the Dawn system itself. Please contact your IT
department if this occurs.
If you still have problems or need any assistance with logging
into Dawn AC then please contact
support@4s-dawn.com.
We plan to release the latest
version of DAWN, version 7.9, in late summer this year. This
version contains many new features and improvements, such as:
- An
appearance ''face-lift'', to improve the look and feel of the
software
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Clearer messages indicating reasons why when a user fails to log
into DAWN
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Workflows for adding a new patient made easier and more intuitive
For further
details on version 7.9 please contact us at
sales@4s-dawn.com
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Spend a Few Days Beside the Beautiful
Lake Windermere |
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 We
are holding our annual DAWN AC User Group on the 12th and 13th
of October this year at the historic Old England Hotel on the
edge of the beautiful lake Windermere.
The User Group, as many of you know, offers the chance for
Health Care Professionals to share ideas and learn alternative
methods of best practice within Anticoagulation therapy, as well
as the day being informative and beneficial.
We are keen to hear from those of you who would like to give
a short talk at the User Group Meeting, we are offering a
‘speaker’s package’ where there will be a £100 reduction in the
meeting fee and we also help with your presentation preparation.
In response to user requests, we invite you to share how you use
DAWN AC in different settings eg laboratory based, community
based with POC, pharmacist managed. In addition, we would be
interested in your experiences with Version 7. If you are
interested in speaking at our user group then please contact us
at sales@4s-dawn.com.
To view more of lake windermere and nearby attractions,
please follow the link here:
http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/winderm.htm
If you would like to view a video of the hotel and its
surroundings, please follow this link: http://www.streamstay.com/macdonald-hotels/video-portals/old-england/index.htm
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Enjoy a Boston "Tea Party"!
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The Boston "Tea Party" was a key event in the American Revolution
in 1773, how about joining us for another one in September?
If you would like to discover neighborhoods with distinct
character, quaint brownstone-lined streets, and big-city sites,
then come and attend the North American User Group in Boston this
year.
It is
being held on the 25th of September at Massachusetts General
Hospital, and is the day before the North American Thrombosis
Summit, also being held in Boston, making this, potentially, a very
informative and worthwhile trip. We are, however, in need of
speakers to contribute to the success of the day. If anyone would be
interested in giving a short presentation, then we would be keen to
hear from you. A block of hotel rooms at a discounted rate have been
held. If you would like to take advantage of this, or would like to
attend the user group or give a presentation, please contact us at
sales@4s-dawn.com.
To
read more about Boston and its many attractions, please follow the
link below:
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Combinations of Heart Drugs
Increase Risk of Stomach Bleeding
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Researchers in Houston, Texas, have found that patients taking
several heart medications at once have an up to a quadruple risk
of stomach or intestinal bleeding.
The researchers looked at data from over 78,000 patients aged
between 60 and 99, and found that 30.4% of those were taking a
combination of drugs - either aspririn and an anti-platelet,
warfarin and an anti-platelet, or all three at once.
It was found that the patients taking aspirin and an anti-platelet
had a double risk of bleeding, while patients taking aspirin and
warfarin together had a quadruple risk. Patients taking all three
medications together had a 4-times increased chance of bleeding in
their first year.
Dr. Neena Abraham, one of the researchers, commented, "We know
they are healthy for the heart at preventing strokes and heart
attacks, but what physicians now need to consider is short-term
potential risks of GI bleeding versus the potential long-term
benefits of being on these protective drugs".
To read more of this article, please follow the link below:
Chemist Apology After Drug Mix-Up
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A chemist branch in Feniton has recently
apologised to an 86-year old resident after she was mistakenly
given more than double the recommended dose of warfarin that had
been prescribed to her by her doctor. The daughter of the
woman described a few errors that the chemist had made,
including an incident last year where the 86-year old had
received 5mg warfarin tablets instead of 0.5mg tablets. Luckily
this error was noticed before any incorrect doses were taken.
The daughter commented, "A lot of elderly people in this area
live alone and rely on having their medication delivered. Some
won't have family members nearby to check it for them. It's a
constant worry to me now. I've got a lot to be doing in the day
and shouldn't be checking what professionals are doing for her
as well as everything else."
To read more of this article, please follow the link below:
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Mistakes at Hospital Lead to
Mans Death |
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Several mistakes made by a hospital lead to a man
developing a blood clot and dying, an inquest heard recently.
Anthony Tidd, 72, died after developing a blood clot in his
lung. He had originally been admitted to hospital after breaking
his hip and had been waiting 5 days for an operation.
The man's daughter said that she had noticed the day before his
death that he had not been wearing his compression stockings. A
procedure existed in the hospital to give anticoagulants and
stockings to all patients at risk, but Dr. Tidd's consultant
admitted that although Mr. Tidd was at risk, he did not check that
these measures had been implemented.
The man's daughter, Mrs. Manser, commented, "Our father spent
five days waiting for an operation on his broken hip. He was a fit
and well man on the morning of Tuesday August 26 and was dead by
the following Saturday afternoon.
We believe that the Hospital failed in its duty of care in
every way. They failed to follow their protocols and did nothing
to prevent a deep vein thrombosis. The orthopaedic consultant in
charge of our father's case should hang his head in shame."
To read more of this article, please follow the link below:
http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/crawley/news/EXCLUSIVE-Hospital-blunders-led-Crawley-man-s-death/article-1101456-detail/article.html
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