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5. CLR HRLY (Clear Hourly Totals): To clear Hourly Totals press the NO/CHANGE key to
change OFF to ON and then press YES/ENTER. e following screen will appear:
Clear Hourly Totals Screen
a. To clear the Hourly Totals, press the YES/ENTER key. All Hourly Totals will be cleared
and the cursor will return to the Options menu.
b. To maintain the Hourly Totals, press the NO/CHANGE key. Hourly Totals will be
maintained and the cursor will return to the Options menu.
c. A lock level of 2 or 3 will require an access code entry before allowing Hourly Totals reset.
6. medLMTS
™ (Medication Limits): If this feature was not selected in the Pre-Prescription
Menu, it will not appear on the Options menu. If medLMTS
™ parameters were programmed
previously, this eld will appear; and if you want to titrate now, select ON and press the YES/
ENTER key to go to the PCA Titrate medLMTS
™ menu:
PCA Titrate medLMTS™ Screen
is screen allows you to change the basal rate and/or the bolus parameters within the predened
prescription limits. Whenever any value is changed using the medLMTS
™ option, the new value
will appear on the prescription menu when it is reviewed. If a delta time/rate limitation was
previously programmed, the rate can be increased within those parameters up to 12 times during
the delta time period. If a 13th attempt is made an alert will display: “MAX CHANGES FOR
PERIOD REACHED.”
a. BASL RATE: Use the numeric keys to enter the new desired rate. When the correct rate has
been entered, press the YES/ENTER key to accept the rate, and move to the next eld. (see
Figure 5.1).
b. Pt. BOLUS: Use the numeric keys to enter the new patient bolus dose and, when correct,
press YES/ENTER to accept and move to the next eld. (see Figure 5.1.)
c. BOLS INT (Patient Bolus Interval): Use the numeric keys to enter the new patient bolus
time interval and, when correct, press YES/ENTER to accept and move to next eld. e
range for this eld is 0 to 60.
d. #BOLS /hr (number of patient boluses per hour): Use the numeric keys to enter the new
number of patient boluses per hour and, when correct, press YES/ENTER to move to the
nal step in the medLMTS™ menu. e range for this eld is 0 to 15.