Cardinal Health Alaris 8000 Series, Directions For Use Manual

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General Information
General Information
3-39 Alaris
®
System Directions for Use
Patient Controlled Analgesia Module Section
• The PCA Module is designed to stop fluid flow under
alarm conditions . Periodic patient monitoring must be
performed to ensure the infusion is proceeding as
expected. It is a
positive displacement 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.
• 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/facility
personnel must ensure the performance of the common
IV
site is satisfactory under these circumstances.
• Each time the Alaris
®
System is turned on , verify and/or
set the monitoring mode, resistance alert, and/or pressure
alarm limit. If the monitoring mode, resistance alert, and/or
pressure alarm limit are not verified, the instrument may
not operate within the desired occlusion detection
parameter(s).
WARNINGS
Warnings and Cautions
General