CareFusion Alaris SE User Manual page 12

Getting Started
Check-In and Configuration (Continued)
Rate Accuracy Qualification Test (Continued)
8. Plug instrument into a properly grounded
9. Set stopcock to output into a class
10. Press key to turn channel on.
POWER
11. Set primary infusion rate to
12. Set to mL.
VTBI 20
13. Ensure that instrument—both channels if dual channel—is
set to Pressure mode.
14. Press
RUN/HOLD
tubing and burette are fully primed—approximately one
minute.
15. Press
RUN/HOLD
16. Adjust height of instrument and/or fluid container to attain a
head height of
30 ±1
middle of pumping mechanism and fluid level in one of
following sources:
• bag or vented bottle (vent closed on administration set)
• drip chamber (unvented bottle with vent open on
administration set).
17. Adjust fluid level in burette until meniscus is level with zero
mark on burette.
1. The factory default for the Monitoring Options mode is
Pressure.
2. A 30-inch head height was used in the initial qualification of this
process and is the recommended head height for the Check-In
Rate Accuracy Test. Based on observed field use, a 24-inch
head height was also tested and verified for the Rate Accuracy
Specification.
3. The instrument might need to be run to prime the line to the zero
level of the burette (step 14).
6
or
A
mL/h.
400
1
key to start primary infusion. Infuse until
key to stop infusion.
inches/ centimeters between
76.2 ±2.5
2
3
outlet.
AC
burette.
B
Check-In and Configuration
User Manual—Alaris SE Pump, Rev2.X
Models 7100/7130, 7200/7230