Chapter 3—BD Alaris™ Pump Module Model 8100, Alaris™ Pump Module Model 8100, and Alaris™
Syringe Module Model 8110
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Suite MX User Manual
General Information
Warnings and Cautions
General
• Ensure syringe sizes and models are compatible with the syringe module. The use of
any other syringe or administration set can cause improper pump operation, resulting
in inaccurate fluid delivery, insufficient occlusion (blockage) sensing, or other
potential hazards.
• Use the smallest compatible syringe size necessary to deliver the fluid or medication;
this is especially important when infusing high risk or life-sustaining medications at
low infusion rates (for example, < 5 mL/h, and especially flow rates < 0.5 mL/h). Using a
larger syringe when infusing at low rates can lead to inadequate syringe pump
performance including delivery inaccuracies, delay of therapy, and delayed generation
of occlusion alarms. This is due to the increased friction and compliance of the syringe
stopper with larger syringes.
• Ideally, the syringe module should be level with the patient's heart. If the syringe
module height is raised relative to the patient's heart level (for example, during patient
transport), the increase in height of the syringe module can result in a temporary
increase in fluid delivery or bolus until the flow rate stabilizes. Alternatively, if the
syringe module is lowered relative to the patient's heart level, the decrease in the
height of the syringe module may result in a decrease in delivery or under-infusion
until the flow rate stabilizes.
• Electronically prime the syringe pump system before starting an infusion or after
replacing a near-empty syringe with a replacement syringe.
• During programming and prior to starting an infusion, verify that the syringe size and
model on the PCU display screen matches the syringe size and model loaded into the
syringe module.
• The pump and syringe modules are designed to stop fluid flow under alarm conditions.
Periodic patient monitoring must be performed to ensure that 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 does not alarm under infiltration conditions.
• The use of positive displacement infusion devices ported together with gravity flow
infusion systems into a common IV site can impede the flow of common "gravity only"
systems, affecting their performance. Hospital/ facility personnel must ensure that the
performance of the common IV site is satisfactory under these circumstances.
• To prevent a potential free-flow condition, ensure that no extraneous object (for
example, bedding, tubing, glove) is enclosed or caught in the pump module door.
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