Alaris Medical Systems MedSystem III Directions For Use Manual page 32

Clearing Volume Infused (VI) or Dose Infused (DI)
1. Press C C l l e e a a r r then E E n n t t e e r r to change VI value to 0.
• Highlight moves to DI.
2. Press C C l l e e a a r r then E E n n t t e e r r to change DI value to 0.
3. Open regulating clamp.
4. Press to begin infusion.
• Channel starts infusing.
5. Press
OR
• Display reverts to Standard Display page after one
minute.
• DRC parameters are displayed.
6. Verify settings.
7. Verify flow.
Editing Drug List
The Drug List Editor can be used to edit/customize drug list. See
Directions For Use for Drug List Editor (DLE).
Discontinuing DRC option
1. Press , or
• Dose Rate Calculator programming page is displayed.
2. Press to stop if infusing.
3. Press .
4. Press C C a a l l c c O O f f f f .
• Display reverts to primary programming page.
• Volumetric rate, volume remaining and volume infused
from DRC are carried over to the primary programming
page .
F F a a c c t t s s a a b b o o u u t t D D R R C C
Drug name, patient weight, or drug concentration
•
cannot be changed while infusing. Changes to
patient weight or concentration will recalculate
volumetric rate but maintain dose rate.
•Drug names may be abbreviated if the name contains
more than eight letters.
•Weight can only be entered in Kg's but is displayed
in Kg's a a n n d d Lbs. Weight units can be switched to
grams by pressing ↓ ↓ to value of 1Kg then repressing
↓ ↓ . A two tone advisory sounds.
•If dose measurement parameters and concentration
measurement parameters are unrelated, a volumetric
rate will not calculate. Attempts to start will display
a prompt message: V V e e r r i i f f y y a a l l l l d d o o s s e e s s e e t t t t i i n n g g s s . .
.
•When a drug amount is 10,000 or greater, a K K is
used to replace 000th (i.e. 10,000 = 10K;
12,000 = 12K).
•If a recalculated dose results in a rate outside the
rate ranges, a prompt message is displayed: R R a a t t e e
t t o o o o H H i i g g h h , , r r e e e e n n t t e e r r v v a a l l u u e e o o r r R R a a t t e e t t o o o o L L o o w w , , r r e e e e n n t t e e r r
v v a a l l u u e e .
•If a recalculated rate results in a dose outside the
dose range, the channel will infuse at the entered
rate but the dose will display the minimum or
maximum allowable limit: (i.e. <0.1 or >999k).
•Secondary option cannot be used when the Dose
Rate Calculator is enabled.
•If instrument is off for more than five minutes, the
DRC mode will revert to the primary mode.
A: Stopped
Wt 70.0 KG=154.3LB
DOPAMINE
A:Conc 400 mg/ 250 ml
A:Dose 5.0 mcg/kg/min
A:Rate 13.1 ml/h
A:VR 250 ml (Vol Rem)
A:VI 0 ml DI 0.0 mg
Press Select to choose line
CalcOff
GETTING STARTED
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