Starting The Infusion; Infusion Setup - CareFusion Alaris VP Plus Guardrails Directions For Use Manual

Starting the Infusion

Infusion Setup

1 . Connect the Pump to an AC power supply using the AC power cable .
2 . Load the primed infusion set, see 'Loading an Infusion Set' section .
3 . Connect flow sensor, if required .
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4 . Press the button .
• The Pump will run a short self-test . Check two beeps are activated during this test .
• Check the displayed date and time are correct . Check display shows the correct data set name and version number .
NOTE: The Pump starts up and displays previous settings .
5 . CLEAR SETUP? - Selecting NO will retain all previous rate and volume settings, go to step 8 . Selecting YES will automatically reset
the rate and volume settings to zero and the CONFIRM PROFILE? screen will be displayed .
6 . CONFIRM PROFILE? screen will show the data set name, version number and profile name:
a) Press YES softkey to confirm current profile and go to next step .
b) Selecting NO will display the profile selection screen, select correct profile using
Confirm profile screen will display again, press YES softkey and SELECT screen will be displayed .
NOTE: The CONFIRM PROFILE screen is only shown if more than one profile is available in the data set . If a profile has been filtered,
then the option to select ALL will be displayed in the profile selection screen . Selecting ALL will show the filtered profiles .
7 . Select either ml/h, DOSING ONLY or DRUGS (A-Z) and press OK to confirm . Then follow the prompts as required.
a) ml/h
SELECT
ml/h
DOSING ONLY
DRUGS A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
SELECT WITH
OK QUIT
b) Dosing Only
SELECT
ml/h
DOSING ONLY
DRUGS A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
SELECT WITH
OK QUIT
c) Drugs
SELECT
ml/h
DOSING ONLY
DRUGS A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
SELECT WITH
OK QUIT
1 Total Volume = Drug Volume + Diluent Volume i .e . Total Volume of fluid in the fluid container after a drug is added .
2 Only displayed if weight based units are used .
1 . Select ml/h from the list using the
2 . Press OK to confirm .
3 . Enter the ml/h rate as prompted on the display in the next screen .
1 . Select DOSING ONLY from the list using the
2 . Press OK to confirm .
3 . Select the dosing units from the list using the
4 . Enter DRUG AMOUNT using the
which will scroll through the units available . Press OK to confirm selection .
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5 . Use the keys to select the TOTAL VOLUME
6 . Enter WEIGHT
2 using the
7 . A summary of the DOSING ONLY information is displayed, to CONFIRM? all details shown press
OK . The BACK softkey may be used at any time to return to the previous screen .
1 . Select the required DRUGS alphabetical row from the list using the
2 . Press OK to confirm .
3 . Select the drug from the displayed list using the
4 . Enter DRUG AMOUNT using the
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5 . Use the keys to enter the TOTAL VOLUME
6 . Enter WEIGHT using the
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7 . A summary of the DRUG information is displayed, to CONFIRM? all details shown press OK . The
BACK softkey may be used at any time to return to the previous screen .
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