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Flowsheets and daylight savings time

Each flowsheet shows a 24 hour period. When daylight savings occurs, a patient's flowsheet can have a missing hour, or it can show the same hour twice.

On the day following daylight savings time you may notice some changes, such as missed hours or two flowsheets with the same date. You will only encounter the first case when a practice manager sets the All flowsheets begin at setting is set to a specific time. For example, if a practice manager set the All flowsheets begin at setting to 8 am, the flowsheet has a missing hour. If the practice manager sets the All flowsheets begin at setting to 12am, the flowsheet shows the same hour twice.
Note: The same amount of time is covered on one flowsheet (24 hours), it will just appear different because of the addition or the subtraction of one hour.

You will most likely notice the missed hour on the following day when you have added 24 hours to the flowsheet above. The new flowsheet for the morning of the third day will begin on the hour following the last hour on the previous flowsheet. Because an hour was either added or subtracted, the flowsheet for the third day's morning will reflect this.

In case you find this to be confusing for your staff, you can always discharge the patient and start a new flowsheet for Sunday, which will start at the usual time. This will only be relevant for patients staying in hospital on both the day where DST occurs and the following day.
Note: If you try to change a template for a patient which was created before the DST it causes the system to set the time on the patient's flowsheet as per the time before DST. For example, if you select Change Template and choose the start time at 8 a.m., SmartFlow sets the patient's flowsheet at 7 a.m.

Changes in Spring

  • Clocks go forward one hour
  • After the 1:00 AM column, flowsheets show the 3:00 AM column
  • SmartFlow changes the times of treatments scheduled for 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM
  • If you add 24 hours to a flowsheet without 2:00 AM, the next day on the flowsheet starts one hour after it usually starts
    Tip: If you do not want a flowsheet to start one hour after it usually starts, discharge the patient and do their admission again.

Changes in Autumn for North America

  • Clocks go back one hour
  • After the 1:00 AM column, flowsheets show one other 1:00 AM column
  • SmartFlow changes the times of treatments scheduled for 2:00 AM to 1:00 AM
  • If you add 24 hours to a flowsheet with two 1:00 AM columns, the next day on the flowsheet starts one hour before it usually starts
    Tip: If you do not want a flowsheet to start one hour before it usually starts, discharge the patient and do their admission again.

Changes in Autumn for Australia, New Zealand, and Europe

  • Clocks go back one hour
  • After the 2:00 AM column, flowsheets show one other 2:00 AM column
  • SmartFlow changes the times of treatments scheduled for 3:00 AM to 2:00 AM
  • If you add 24 hours to a flowsheet with two 2:00 AM columns, the next day on the flowsheet starts one hour before it usually starts
    Tip: If you do not want a flowsheet to start one hour before it usually starts, discharge the patient and do their admission again.