User`s manual

Intermittent Therapy

Intermittent Therapy is designed to deliver programmed intervals and rates of specified amounts of infusates and to

optionally deliver small amounts of the infusate between doses to keep the access site patent.

egin programming an Intermittent Therapy by selecting “Intermittent” from the “Select

Therapy Screen”. The following display screen will appear, requiring you to enter

information needed to program this therapy.

Prescription Menus

Intermittent Pre-Prescription Menu Screen

These menu items allow you to customize the program to match each individual prescription. The

pump’s default settings are displayed in the left screen. Each field is individually explained below.

Note: Some of the lines are abbreviated to fit on the display screen; the full descriptions appear

below.

1 UNITS: Allows you to select from units of ml, mg, or mcg, to match the prescription. The

pump will allow a volume range of 0.1 to 400 ml/hr; therefore, if mg or mcg is selected, the

concentration requested in the next field will determine the upper and lower programming

limits for mg and mcg. Use the “NO/CHANGE” key until the desired “units” appears on

the display, and then press the “YES/ENTER” key to accept and move to the next field.

2 CONCEN (Concentration): This field is active whenever mg or mcg is selected in the “units”

field and requires data entry of the concentration of mg or mcg per ml. When the correct

data is entered, press “YES/ENTER” to accept, and move the cursor to the next field. If ml

is chosen in the “units” field, this line will not display. The range for this field is 0.1 to 999.

3 DELAY: This field allows you to delay the start of the infusion from one minute up to

twenty-four hours. If the infusion is NOT to be delayed, accept the default setting of “OFF”

by pressing the “YES/ENTER” key, and the cursor will move to the next field. If the

infusion IS to be delayed until a later time, press the “NO/CHANGE” key. The delay start

will change to “ON.” Now, when you press the “YES/ENTER” to accept, the following

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Intermittent Therapy