Smiths Medical Medfusion 3500, Operator'S Manual

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Medfusion® Model 3500 pump V6 Operator’s Manual
PharmGuard® Safety Software:
Dose Protocol Protection
PharmGuard
®
Medication Safety Software provides
programmable Hard
and
Soft upper and lower limits
for infusion parameters. Refer to the PharmGuard
®
software limits in the Technical Specifications section
of this manual (page 131) for a list of all parameters
that may be protected with PharmGuard
®
software
limits.
Soft limits
Soft limits are the normal limits, and show
on screen as High and Low . Soft limits can be
exceeded (so long as the Hard limits or the physical
limits imposed by the syringe size in use are not
exceeded).
1. When attempting to enter or change infusion
parameters of a drug program, the soft limits
are displayed on screen as “ High ” and “ Low ”.
2. If a value is entered that is outside the range,
an audible alarm sounds and the message
“
Outside Range Limit – Silence Alarm
to Continue ” appears.
3. Once the alarm is silenced, the message
“
Confirm Limit Override
?” appears.
4. If
Override
is pressed, the value will be
accepted. If No is pressed, the value entry
screen reappears.
Hard limits
Hard limits are the absolute maximum and minimum
for a value.
When attempting to enter or change a numeric
infusion parameter of a drug program the Hard
limits are displayed on screen as “
MAX
:” and “
MIN
:”
values. It is not possible to exceed a Hard limit.