About The Pump; Intended Use; Epidural Administration - B. Braun OUTLOOK 200 Operator's Manual

About the Pump
ABOUT THE PUMP
INTENDED USE
The Outlook™ 200 is intended for use with B. Braun Medical Inc. Horizon® Pump IV Sets to
regulate the flow of primary and secondary fluids when positive pressure is required. The
infusion system is capable of delivering fluid from a negative head height (when the IV fluid
container is lower than the pump), and provides clinically accepted volumetric accuracy for
all standard IV fluids, including blood, lipids, and TPN.
Positive pressure is frequently a necessity, but clinical experience shows that high pressure
limits may increase the severity of an infiltration without causing an alarm. Because there is a
need to control pump pressure settings, the Outlook 200 has user-selectable Occlusion Limit
settings which start at 75 mmHg and extend to 500 mmHg. At rates of 400 ml/br and higher,
the pressure setting is automatically increased to 400 mmHg. For epidural infusions which
require higher pressures, the pump has an extended occlusion limit setting of 750 mmHg.
The pump is equipped with distinct audible and visual alarm signals to indicate KVO, low
battery, and other alarm conditions.
EPIDURAL ADMINISTRATION
The Outlook 200 can be used for epidural administration of anesthetic and analgesic drugs.
For epidural administration of anesthetic drugs, use indwelling catheters specifically indicated
for short-term (96 hours or less) anesthetic epidural drug delivery.
For epidural administration of analgesic drugs, use indwelling catheters specifically indicated
for either short-term or long-term analgesic epidural drug delivery.
When the Outlook 200 is being used for epidural infusions, the source container and
administration set should be clearly differentiated from source containers and administration
sets used for other routes of infusion.
Following an occlusion alarm, a smali amount of fluid may be delivered. Use of a microbore
set assures this is less than 0.1 ml.
The administration of drugs is restricted to those anesthetic and analgesic drugs labeled for
continuous epidural administration.
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