CareFusion Alaris 8015 User Manual page 245

Program an Infusion (Continued)
8. Press soft key next to desired concentration.
• Drug/Concentration confirmation screen appears.
• To view additional drugs/concentrations, press
and
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• Facility can choose to pre-populate standard drug
concentrations, or leave a custom concentration
(_ _ / _ _ mL) and allow clinician to enter drug amount
and diluent volume.
9. Confirm drug and concentration selection and press Yes
soft key. To change selection, press No soft key.
• If Yes was selected and facility has defined a Clinical
Advisory for that drug, a message appears. To
continue programming, press
• If the programmed "_ _ / _ _ mL" concentration is the
outside the Soft Limit, an audio alert sounds and a
visual prompt appears before programming can
continue. If Yes soft key is pressed, programming
continues; if No soft key is pressed, infusion must be
reprogrammed.
• If the programmed "_ _ / _ _ mL" concentration is
outside the Hard Limit for that care area, an audio alert
sounds and a visual prompt appears before
programming can continue. Drug amount and diluent
volume must be reprogrammed.
• If there is a potential for a programmed "_ _ / _ _ mL"
parameter to result in an excessive volume or dose
being delivered, following prompt appears:
"Cannot proceed due to incorrect concentration or
dosing parameters. Remove syringe, verify
concentration, and reprogram."
The prompt can be (a) the result of an incorrect drug
amount and/or diluent volume entry, or (b) can occur if
hospital-established Guardrails limits are very wide. Be
sure to enter either a drug amount per
drug amount per total volume—for example, a
syringe with a concentration of
entered in one of two ways:
PCA Module Section
Alaris System User Manual – with v9.33 Model 8015
Prepare Infusion (Continued)
soft keys.
CONFIRM
mg/
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soft key.
mL or total
1
mL
30
mL can be
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Guardrails Drugs
Med Surg
Morphine
1 mg/mL
5 mg/mL
10 mg/mL
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