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Drugs may be marked for PRIMary only, SECondary only or both in the drug library.
When selecting drugs, in the library drug names will only appear if marked for that
mode in the drug library file. In addidtion a drug may be marked to deactivate
SECondary mode.
Hard Limits:
Two types of hard limits are possible. Hard limits may be set in the drug library
for rate/doserate, and amount or time of adminis
tr
ation for each drug. If the set
rate/doserate (continuous, bolus or loading) or amount (dose or volume) is out-
side the values set in the drug library as a hard limit it is not possible to exceed
the hard limit.
In addition the pump has hard limits, the maximum rate of 1200ml/hr cannot
be exceeded. Additionally, the pump may be set in the configuration file to
have maximum limits for both continuous
an
d bolus rates which cannot be
exceeded, these also produce hard limit alerts when attempting to program
values which exceed the set limit.
The hard limit message stays on the screen until confirmed by the user and the editor
reverts to the last value that was confirmed.
Below are 3 examples of values entered that exceed the hard limit of the drug library
or the pump:
Example 1:
Drug with a upper har
d limit set at 15 mcg/kg/h
Current value is 10 mcg/kg/h
Pressing the u once with the cursor in the tens column would produce a value of 20
mcg/kg/h which is above the hard limit of 15 mcg/kg/h. The pump displays 15
mcg/kg/hr, the hard limit value.
Chapter 1
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