Cardinal Health Alaris Directions For Use Manual page 101

Primary Infusion
Intermittent Infusion (Continued)
• If hospital/facility practice guidelines identify selected
drug as weight-based, prompt for a patient weight in
kilograms or
BSA
which reflects use of Methotrexate).
Verify parameters are correct and press NEXT soft key to
4.
confirm.
• If programmed total dose drug amount is outside Soft
Limit for that care area, 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 needs to
be reprogrammed.
•
If programmed total dose drug amount is outside
Hard Limit for that care area, an audio alert sounds
and a visual prompt appears before programming can
continue. Infusion needs to be reprogrammed.
•
If a dose outside of Soft Limits has been entered and
verified as correct, Message Display also shows either
" " for a low dose or "
LLL
If a Soft Limit is overridden, G icon displays. When G
•
soft key is pressed, all applicable out-of-range limits
are listed.
®
Alaris System (with v9 Model 8000) DFU
Pump and Syringe Modules Section
- With Guardrails Suite MX Protection (Continued)
®
appears (as in illustrated example,
↑↑↑
" for a high dose.
FU
FU
RATE (mL/h)
RATE (mL/h)
CHANNEL
SELECT
CHANNEL
SELECT
PAUSE
PAUSE
CHANNEL
OFF
CHANNEL
OFF
RESTART
RESTART
A Guardrails Drug Setup
Methotrexate
DRUG
6840
mg
AMOUNT
50
DILUENT
mL
VOLUME
_ _ _
m 2
BSA
_ _ _
mg/m 2
DOSE =
[Conc]: 136.8 mg/mL
>Enter BSA
DRUG
LIBRARY
Midtown Hospital
Adult ICU
G
A
VTBI = 250 mL
VOLUME AUDIO
INFUSED ADJUST
Programming
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