Resistance Alert - CareFusion Alaris SE User Manual

Dynamic Monitoring System
Monitoring Options—Resistance Mode (Continued)
The Resistance Alert provides an early warning of increasing
flow resistance. The Resistance Alert marker can be set from
to of scale in
0% 100%
enabled or disabled and a power-on default alert level is set
through the hospital configuration settings.
To optimize the alert feature, it is advisable to set the alert level
- higher than the initial displayed resistance. Read the
20 30%
resistance approximately two minutes after starting an infusion.
Set Alert Marker
To numerically display present alert level marker, press
soft key. Vertical line on resistance bar graph visually indicates
the alert level.
Each additional press of an arrow soft key increases or
decreases the alert level marker and numeric value by
Resistance Alert Message
If flow resistance exceeds the alert level marker, a Resistance
Alert message is displayed and an alert tone sounds. The
channel continues to infuse, and the message and tone
continue until one of the following resistance levels occurs:
• line/site resistance falls below alert level marker.
IV
• Resistance alert level marker increases above current
measured resistance value.
• Resistance rises to
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Resistance Alert

increments. This feature can be
5%
, initiating a Checking Line or
100%
condition.
Monitoring Options—Resistance Mode
or
A B
Rate=
VTBI= 1000.0 mL
VI=
.
5%
A B
Rate=
VTBI= 1000.0 mL
VI=
User Manual—Alaris SE Pump, Rev2.X
OPTIONS
125.0 mL/h A
0.0 mL
Primary
Alert = 70%
OPTIONS
125.0 mL/h
A
0.0 mL
Resistance Alert
Models 7100/7130, 7200/7230