CareFusion Alaris 8015 User Manual page 192

WARNINGS
• The Pump and Syringe modules are designed to stop fluid
flow under alarm conditions. Periodic patient monitoring
must be performed to ensure that 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
does not alarm under infiltration conditions.
• The use of positive displacement infusion devices ported
together with gravity flow infusion systems into a
common IV site can impede the flow of common "gravity
only" systems, affecting their performance. Hospital/
facility personnel must ensure that the performance of the
common site is satisfactory under these circumstances.
IV
• To prevent a potential free-flow condition, ensure that no
extraneous object (for example, bedding, tubing, glove) is
enclosed or caught in the Pump module door.
General Information
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Warnings and Cautions (continued)
General (continued)
Pump and Syringe Modules Section
Alaris System User Manual – with v9.33 Model 8015