- Alaris® PC point-of-care unit
- The core of the Alaris® System. Enables infusion
programming and monitoring on up to four attached channels.
- All Mode
- When ALL is selected as the volume to be infused
(VTBI), the entire contents of the syringe will be delivered.
- Anesthesia Mode
- Allows the anesthesiologist to access additional drugs, in each profile,
that are appropriate to anesthesiology. Permanent pause is one of
its key features.
- Auto Pressure
- When enabled and a pressure sensing disc is in use, the Auto Pressure
option is displayed in the Pressure Limit screen. Auto Pressure automatically
sets the alarm limit for a shorter time to alarm.
- Auto-Restart
- Auto-Restart minimizes patient-side occlusion alarms caused by momentary
kinking of tubing, IV pushes, etc.
- Back-Off
- Back-Off is only available when the administration set in use has
a pressure sensing disc. When enabled, the motor reverses plunger movement
during an occlusion until the pressure returns to preocclusion levels,
automatically reducing bolus flow.
- Battery Run Time Display
- The Battery Run Time Display appears on the Main Display prompt bar.
If enabled, this feature provides a visual display of the estimated
remaining battery run time under the current operating conditions, when
operating on battery.
- Bolus Dose
- A Bolus Dose can be programmed using either the Guardrails® drug
library or the drug calculation feature. It may be programmed prior
to or during a continuous infusion, or without a continuous infusion
following the bolus.
- Channel Labels
- Channel labels provide a hospital-defined list of labels displayed
in the Channel Message Display and identifying the channel with the
catheter location or other helpful information.
- Delay Options
- The Delay Options feature allows the system to be programmed to delay
the start of an infusion a) for up to 120 minutes or
b) for a specific time up to 23 hours 59 minutes. A
callback for a programmed delay can be scheduled to give an alert Before
an infusion is to be initiated, After an infusion is
completed, Before and After an infusion, or no (None)
alert.
- Dose Checking
- Always Dose Checking option causes a soft Guardrails®
alert to occur each time a limit is exceeded. Drug label
in Message Display provides an indicator that
dose is beyond current soft limit.
Smart Dose Checking option causes an initial soft alert to
occur
when a limit is exceeded. Subsequent programming beyond
the limit will not receive an alert. Drug label in Message Display
provides an indicator that dose is beyond current
soft limit.
- Fast Start
- When Fast Start is enabled and an administration set having a pressure
sensing disc is used, the instrument runs at an increased rate when
an infusion is first started, taking-up any slack in the drive mechanism.
- Guardrails® drug library
- When Profiles feature is enabled, it provides a hospital-defined
list
of drugs and concentrations appropriate for use in as many as
15 profiles. Drug Library use automates programming steps,
including drug name, drug amount and diluent volume, and
activates hospital-established best-practice limits.
- Guardrails® limit
- A programming limit or best-practice guideline determined by
hospital/health system and entered into system’s data set.
Supports concentration limits for all infusions that utilize
concentration. Profile-specific limits can be defined for flow rate,
patient weight, body surface area (BSA), maximum and minimum
continuous dose, or total dose and duration for each drug in a
Drug Library. Dose and duration limits can be defined by
hospital/health system as "hard" and/or "soft" limits.
A hard limit is a programmed limit that cannot be overridden,
except in anesthesia mode.
A soft limit is a programmed limit that can be overridden.
- Guardrails® Suite MX
- software for the Alaris® System that is designed to help prevent
programming errors.
- IV Fluid Library
- An optional library consisting of Guardrails® IV fluids
(for example, TPN) and limits around rate of delivery.
- Multidose Mode
- The Multidose Mode option allows 2-24 doses to be programmed at
equally spaced intervals on the same Pump or Alaris® Syringe module over a 24-hour period. This mode is designed to allow delivery
of multiple, equal doses
from the same container or syringe at regularly scheduled intervals.
- Near End of Infusion (NEOI)
- Allows an alert to be configured to sound anywhere from 1 to 60
minutes before a syringe infusion is complete. Alert will occur at configured
time or when 25% of VTBI remains, whichever comes later.
- Patient ID
- An optional alphanumeric 16-character patient identifier can be entered
and displayed.
- Pole Clamp
- The Alaris® PC point-of-care unit pole clamp adapts to
a wide variety of surfaces, to provide versatility. The pole clamp
features include
an ergonomically designed knob.
- Pressure Sensing Disc
- When installed in the Alaris® Syringe module, pressure sensing
disc significantly improves
instrument’s pressure sensing capabilities for a faster occlusion
detection time, and makes following features available: Auto Pressure, Back-Off,
Customizable Pressure Alarm Settings, Fast Start, and Pressure Tracking.
- Pressure Tracking
- The dynamic current pressure display is only available when an administration
set with a pressure sensing disc is inserted in the Alaris® Syringe module.
- Profile
- Allows a unique set of system options to be configured to optimize
system function for a specific hospital area or patient type.
- Priming
- Allows a limited volume of fluid to be delivered in order to prime
administration set prior to being connected to a patient or after
changing a syringe. When priming, a single continuous press of
PRIME soft key delivers up to 2 mL of priming fluid.
- Rapid Bolus
- The fastest rate at which bolus dose should be delivered, as defined
by facility’s clinical best-practice guidelines.
- Restore
- To simplify programming, Restore can be used to recall previous rate
and volume settings for the same patient. This option is only available
if
patient is not new and system is powered up within 8 hours of last
usage.
- Tamper Resist
- A feature that provides a quick one-touch lockout of the front panel
keypad.
- Therapies
- An optional hospital-defined therapy or clinical indication for
delivery of that infusion. Different limits can be defined for the same
medication with different therapeutic indications.
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