Introduction; Pc Point-Of-Care Unit - Cardinal Health Alaris 8000 Series Directions For Use Manual

The Alaris PC Point-of-Care Unit ("PC Unit") Section of this
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Directions for Use ("
information applicable to the Alaris
Each of the other major Sections provides product-specific
procedures and information.
The Alaris System (formerly known as "Medley
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a modular system intended for adult, pediatric and neonatal
care in today's growing professional healthcare environment.
It consists of the PC Unit, the Guardrails
detachable modules (or "channels") providing infusion,
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monitoring and bar code scanning capabilities.
Guardrails Suite MX for the Alaris
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level of medication error prevention to the point of patient
care. The Guardrails
concentration delivery rate and optional initial programming
guidelines for up to
as profiles. Each profile contains a specific Guardrails
Library and channel labels, as well as instrument
configurations appropriate for the care area. Optional drug-
specific Guardrails
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provide visual messages. Dosing limits for each Guardrails
Drug entry may be a Guardrails
cannot be overridden during infusion programming and/or a
Guardrails Soft Limit ("Soft Limit") that can be overridden,
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based on clinical requirements.
A data set is developed and approved by the facility's own
multi-disciplinary team using the Guardrails
("Editor Software"), the
then transferred to the Alaris
The approved data sets are maintained by the Editor
Software for future updates and reference.
Information about a Guardrails
during use is stored within the PC Unit, and can be accessed
using the Guardrails
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Introduction

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DFU
System and the PC Unit.
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System brings a new
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Suite MX features medication dosing,
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patient-specific care areas, referred to
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Clinical Advisories ("Clinical Advisory")
Hard Limit ("Hard Limit") that
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-based authoring tool. A data set is
PC
System by qualified personnel.
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Alert ("Alert") that occurs
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Reporter ("
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System") is
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Suite MX, and up to
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Drug
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Editor Software
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Reporter").
WARNING
Read all instructions before using
the Alaris System.
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CAUTION
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