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SIGMA Manual Number 41018
Revision AR
APPENDIX A - SPECIFICATIONS
Drug Error Prevention
“A” pump
■ Includes Drug Library
■ Prevents wrong dose rate mode and dose rate
“C” pump
■ Includes Drug Library
■ Prevents wrong dose rate mode and dose rate
■ Includes Wireless Battery Module for wireless communication
Master Drug Library (MDL)
■ PC based, pharmacy edited and controlled, customized in-house list of all IV and epidural
drugs, along with their safe delivery parameters
■ Care area enable:
■ same name/same concentration drugs to have different dose rate limits
■ pump configurations for maximum; rate, VTBI, patient weight and occlusion level
■ Each drug entry includes the care area, drug name, concentration, dose rate mode, bolus
mode, starting dose rate, soft (able to be exceeded) and hard (not able to be exceeded; an
optional setting) dose rate and bolus limits, volume to be infused (VTBI), primary or second-
ary IV container, and pump screen color.
Drug Library Transfer
■ Transfer from a wireless network connection to a pump using a wireless battery module
■ Transfer from the PC directly to a pump via IrDA®
Standard Gravity IV Sets
Standard gravity IV sets from Baxter or Hospira.
Standards
■ IEC60601-1 including collateral standards; Third Party Notified Body Testing (Reference
Electromagnetic Compatibility Tables)