Cardinal Health Alaris 8000 Series, Directions For Use Manual

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General Setup and Operation
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General Setup and Operation
System Start-Up / Setup
Alaris
®
System Directions for Use
Pump and Syringe Modules Section
Reference the PC Unit Section of this
DFU,
“General Setup
and Operation”, for various "system" start-up and setup
procedures.
1. Prime administration set (reference "Getting Started",
"Priming" procedure).
2. Adjust container to hang
20
inches above patient’s
vascular access device.
3. Attach administration set to patient’s vascular access
device.
4. Adjust flow rate with administration set roller clamp.
Setting Up for Gravity Infusion (
Pump Module
)
1. To stop infusion, press
PAUSE
key.
2. Close roller clamp.
3. Remove empty solution container.
4. Insert administration set spike into prepared fluid
container, following accepted hospital/facility procedure,
and hang container
20
inches above Pump Module.
5. Press
CHANNEL SELECT
key.
6. To enter
VTBI
, press
VTBI
soft key and use numeric data
entry keys.
7. Open roller clamp.
8. To resume infusion, press
START
soft key.
Changing Solution Container (
Pump Module
)
CHANNEL
SELECT
CHANNEL
OFF
RESTART
PAUSE
ALARM INFUSE STANDBY
CHANNEL
SELECT
CHANNEL
OFF
RESTART
PAUSE
ALARM
INFUSE STANDBY