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8
GETTING STARTED
Warnings and Cautions (Continued)
This infusion device is a positive pressure delivery system,
capable of developing positive fluid pressures to overcome
widely varying resistances to flow encountered in practice,
including resistances to flow imposed by small gauge catheters,
filters and intra-arterial infusion. It is neither designed nor
intended to detect infiltrations and will not alarm under
infiltration conditions.
WARNING
Hospital personnel must ensure the compatibility of the drugs as
well as the performance of each channel as part of the overall
infusion. Potential hazards include drug interactions, inaccurate
delivery rates, inaccurate pressure alarms and nuisance alarms.
WARNING
The use of positive displacement infusion devices ported
together with gravity flow infusion systems into a common
IV
site may impede the flow of common “gravity only” systems,
affecting their performance. Hospital personnel must ensure the
performance of the common
IV
site is satisfactory under these
circumstances.
WARNING
References in this document to specific drugs and drug doses
are for example only. Refer to specific drug product labeling for
information concerning appropriate administration techniques
and dosages.
WARNING
This instrument is designed to stop fluid flow under alarm
conditions other than Low Battery and KVO. Periodic patient
monitoring must be performed to ensure the infusion is
proceeding as expected.
WARNING
Parallel Infusions
There are no contraindications regarding the use of the
MedSystem III
®
instrument with any other positive
displacement infusion device when ported together into a
common IV site location.
Use only MedSystem III
®
instrument 28 Series administration
sets. The use of any other set may cause improper instrument
operation, resulting in an inaccurate fluid delivery or other
potential hazard.
WARNING