User guide

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MAN 01/06/USA/p CRONO FIVE 11.10
INTRODUCTION
WARNINGS
CAUTION: US Federal law restricts this device for sale by or on order of a
physician.
The instructions included in this manual are intended only for the ambula -
tory drug infusion pump CRONO Five and are addressed to the pump user.
The pump is provided with key-pad lock-out in order to avoid accidental or
non authorised variations of the selected parameters.
The information as to lock or unlock the key-pad are exclusively addressed
to the physician.
When the key-pad is locked any attempt to modify the protected parameters
will cause the indication Lo,1 to appear on the screen.
Do not use the Crono Five without first reading and understanding the
complete pump user guide. Improper programming and/or incomplete
understanding of the operating functions and of the warnings could
result in death or serious injury to the patient.
Keep the user guide together with the pump for references.
Before using the pump for a specific infusion therapy check the suita -
bility of the device for the use and for the patient considering carefully
the following aspects:
• the technical specifications of the pump;
• the infusion set that will be used;
• the eventual use of infusion set with various lines and clamps along
the infusion line;
• the kind of therapy for which the patient has to undergo;
• the psycho-physical and cognitive condition of the patient.
The above list given is only an illustration, not exhaustive, concerning
the procedural clinical aspect whose responsibility is on the part of the
doctor or the medical assistant.