Chapter 1—Introduction
2BD Alaris
TM
System with Guardrails
TM
Suite MX User Manual
Introduction
The BD Alaris™ PC unit (PCU) section of this user manual provides procedures and information
applicable to the BD Alaris system and the PCU. Each of the other major sections provides
product-specific procedures and information.
The system is a portable modular system intended for adult, pediatric, and neonatal care. The system
consists of the PCU, the Guardrails™ suite MX, and up to
four detachable infusion and/or monitoring
modules (channels). The Alaris
TM
auto-ID module can be included as a fifth module. The use of the system
is restricted to one patient at a time.
Guardrails suite MX for the system brings a new level of m
edication error prevention to the point of
patient care. The Guardrails suite MX features medication dosing, concentration delivery rate, and optional
initial programming guidelines for up to 30 patient-specific care areas, referred to as profiles.
A total of up to 10,000 unique drug/concentration or fluid entries (setups) can be cre
ated and distributed
between profiles with a maximum of 1,500 setups per profile. Each profile contains a specific drug library,
an IV fluid library, and channel labels, as well as instrument configurations appropriate for the care area.
Optional drug- or IV fluid-specific clinical advisories provide visual messages. Dosing limits for each
Guardrails suite MX drug entry or rate limits for each IV fluid entry can be a hard limit that cannot be
ov
erridden during infusion programming and/or a soft limit that can be overridden, based on clinical
requirements.
A data set is developed and approved by the facility’s own multi
-disciplin
ary team using the BD Alaris
TM
Guardrails
TM
editor software, the PC-based authoring tool. A data set is then transferred to the system by
qualified personnel and then activated by the clinical staff. The approved data sets are maintained by the
Guardrails editor software for future updates and reference.
Information about an Alert that occurs during use i
s stored within the PCU, and can be accessed using the
Guardrails
TM
CQI reporter software.
Documentation provided with the s
ystem products might reference product not present in your facility or
not yet available for sale in your area.
A superscript number (for example,
) identifies additional information provided as a NOTE at the end of
the procedure.
Read all instructions before using the BD Alaris
TM
system.
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