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Medfusion® Model 3500 pump V6
Operator’s Manual
“Syringe Empty” alarm
The
Syringe Empty
alarm is a
High
priority alarm
advising the syringe is empty.
The Empty alarm stops delivery immediately.
System Advisory - Maintenance
is Recommended
If your organization has set up a preventive
maintenance policy for the Medfusion
®
Model 3500
pump V6 and programmed a preventive maintenance
reminder in the
Biomed
menu, a special alert is
added. When it is time for a preventive maintenance
inspection, each time the pump is turned on
System
Advisory : Maintenance is Recommended
appears at the top of the
Main
menu. Press
í
to silence the audible alarm and send pump for
maintenance as soon as practical. This alert will recur
each time the pump is powered up until a trained
biomedical service technician has reset it.
MORE
SYSTEM ADVISORY - MAINTENANCE IS RECOMMENDED
1
NICU
2
PICU
3
G
eneraL
4
A
neStHeSia
System Failures
System Failure alarms may indicate a problem with
pump hardware or software. Occasionally, turning
the pump off, then back on will clear the fault (see
the pages that follow for specific information). If the
alarm persists when the pump is turned back on, the
pump must be removed from use and checked by a
trained biomedical service technician. If the pump
experiences
certain
system faults, a screen requiring
entry of a Biomed Passcode will appear. If this screen
appears,
immediately remove pump from service
for inspection/repair by a trained biomedical service
technician.
1. Press
í
to clear the alarm tone & message.
2. Unload the syringe.
3. If the infusion is complete either turn the
pump off or prepare for another infusion. If
the infusion is not complete, prepare and load
another syringe and:
• return to the
Select the Profile
screen
(where no alarms sound) or turn off the pump.
OR
• if the mode in use was a continuous
infusion, the screen displays
Continue
Same Infusion?
, with choices of
Yes
or
No
.
Continue the infusion, or turn the pump off.
medication in the syringe; therefore the infusion
continues.
1. Press
í
.
2. If you
do not
wish to deliver any remaining
fluid, or if the syringe is empty, press
á
and
unload the syringe. Either prepare and load
another syringe, return to the
Select the
Profile
screen (where no alarms sound), or
turn the pump off.
3. The pump continues delivery, and continues
until no fluid remains in the syringe.
4. When the syringe plunger reaches the end of
the syringe, it halts delivery and displays the
“
Syringe Empty
” message on screen.
5. Press
í
. (The pump has stopped delivery and
is at the
Begin Infusion
screen.)
6. Either prepare and load another syringe, return
to the
Select the Profile
screen (where no
alarms sound), or turn the pump off.
Monoject
®
1, 3, 12 and 35 mL
: Because of
variations in syringe manufacturing, the Monoject
®
1, 3, 12 and 35 mL syringes may in some cases not
fully empty. Here, the empty alarm sounds with
some fluid left in the syringe.
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