General Information; Warnings And Cautions; General - Cardinal Health Alaris 8000 Series Directions For Use Manual

WARNINGS
• The PCA Module is designed to stop fluid flow under
alarm conditions. Periodic patient monitoring must be
performed to ensure the infusion is proceeding as
expected. It is a positive displacement delivery system,
capable of developing positive fluid pressures to overcome
widely varying resistances to flow encountered in practice,
including resistances to flow imposed by small gauge
catheters, filters and intra-arterial infusion. It is neither
designed nor intended to detect infiltrations and will not
alarm under infiltration conditions.
• The use of positive displacement infusion devices ported
together with gravity flow infusion systems into a
common site may impede the flow of common "gravity
IV
only" systems, affecting their performance. Hospital/facility
personnel must ensure the performance of the common
site is satisfactory under these circumstances.
• Each time the Alaris
set the monitoring mode, resistance alert, and/or pressure
alarm limit. If the monitoring mode, resistance alert, and/or
pressure alarm limit are not verified, the instrument may
not operate within the desired occlusion detection
parameter(s).
Alaris System Directions for Use
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Patient Controlled Analgesia Module Section

Warnings and Cautions

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