Rate Lock; Adjusting Existing Dosing Or Protocol Infusions - Set By Ml/H / Set By Doserate; Dosing Summary; Add Drug - CareFusion Alaris VP Plus Guardrails Directions For Use Manual

Rate Lock

If Rate Lock is enabled, when the infusion rate has been set and the infusion started or following a bolus infusion the rate lock prompt
will appear on the main display .
To select the rate lock function press the YES softkey . Press the NO softkey if the rate lock is not required .
When rate lock is enabled, the following are unavailable:
• Changing the infusion rate/titration
• Bolus/Prime
• Switching the Pump off
• VTBI over time infusions
• Secondary infusions
To turn rate lock off:
d
1 . Press the button to access the options menu .
2 . Select UNLOCK RATE and press the OK softkey .
To turn rate lock on:
d
1 . Press the button to access the options menu .
2 . Select RATE LOCK and press the OK softkey .

Adjusting Existing Dosing or Protocol Infusions - Set By ml/h / Set By Doserate

To set dose rate or flow rate in precise increments it may be necessary to switch between the rate adjust options SET BY DOSERATE and
SET BY ml/h . An arrow to the left of the rate display shows the rate changed when the
infusion rate .
To set a dose rate precisely the arrow must be pointing to the dose rate (for example: mg/kg/h); the flow rate will be calculated from the
dose rate .
To set a flow rate precisely the arrow must be pointing to flow rate ml/h; the dose rate will be calculated from the flow rate .
Set By ml/h
d
1 . Press the button to access the options menu .
2 . Select the SET BY ml/h option using the
flowrate option, the arrow on the display will automatically select the flowrate, the flowrate can be adjusted if necessary .
Set By Doserate
d
1 . Press the button to access the options menu .
2 . Select the SET BY DOSERATE option using the
set by doserate option, the arrow on the display will automatically select the doserate, the doserate can be adjusted if necessary .

Dosing Summary

To review currently selected dosing information:
d
1 . Press the button to first access the options menu .
2 . Select DOSING SUMMARY option using the
3 . Review the information and then press the QUIT softkey .

Add Drug

This option is only available when infusing .
d
1 . Press the button to access the options menu .
2 . Select ADD DRUG option using the
3 . Select from DRUGS (A-Z) from the displayed list using the
4 . Select drug name using the

Primary Setup

If a secondary infusion has already been setup, then access to the primary infusion setup is as follows:
h
1 . Press to put the Pump ON HOLD .
d
2 . Press the button to access the options menu .
3 . Select PRIMARY Setup and press the OK softkey to confirm . Make changes to the primary setup as necessary .
f
keys and press the OK softkey indicated on the screen . This will select the set by
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f
f
keys and press the OK softkey .
f
keys, press OK to confirm and then follow the on screen prompts as required .
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keys and press the OK softkey indicated on the screen . This will select the
keys and press the OK softkey .
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keys, press OK to confirm .
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Basic Features
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