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SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System Pump Operating Software Version 8.00
Operator’s Manual For Use With MDL Version 8.0
GLOSSARY
The acronyms and abbreviations used throughout this manual are defined below.
802.11 b/g Wireless local Area Network implemented in accordance with the following
standards: IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g
A/D Analog to Digital
A/D Converter Analog to Digital Converter. A device that converts a continuous quantity to a discrete
time digital representation.
A/m Ampere per meter
AAMI Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
AC Alternating Current
Admixture Two substances combined into one final fluid or drug solution.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
Amount/Time Infusion Drug therapies that require a prescribed drug dose amount to be delivered over a set
duration of time.
AP Access Point
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A character-encoding scheme.
AVR A series of 8 and 32 bit flash micro-controllers manufactured by Atmel Corporation.
BASIC A method of programming a continuous infusion where Drug Library limits are not
present.
BCC Battery Charger Controller
BDL Binary Drug Library. A BDL file is created and saved using the MDL software, and the
file is transferred to the SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pump.
BF Body Floating. A medical safety standard rating. Type BF for devices that have
conductive contact with the patient, or having medium- or long-term contact with the
patient.
Binary Content that is interpreted by another program that understands how it is formatted.
Biomed Biomedical Technician: A trained super-user with access privileges to the SIGMA
Spectrum Infusion Pump and who performs all non-manufacturer Pump
maintenance.
Bolus The administration of a drug at a higher dose than the current continuous infusion
over a set duration of time.
BSA
Body Surface Area; expressed in square meter (m
2
)
BSS Basic Service Set
C Celsius
CAN/CSA Canada/Canadian Standards Association
Care Area A way of grouping drugs usually associated with a specific hospital area, unit or
patient population; for example, ICU, Anesthesia, Pediatrics
cc Cubic Centimeter
CCMP (AES) Counter Mode CBC-MAC Protocol (Authenticate and Encrypt)
CD Compact Disc
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