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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

By Kevin Williams


Infusion pumps provide an automated way of dispensing small amounts of medication or other fluids that are impractical to administer manually, soaking up valuable nursing time. The Medfusion 3500 syringe pump is the latest model in this particular product line. They are ideal for administering tenths of millilitres over a period of minutes, pain medication that is administered by the patient and fluids where the volume to be administered is different at specific times of the day.

Automating these difficult dosing regimes frees up nursing time for other aspects of patient care in a cost-effective manner. This is especially useful in neonatal intensive care units, where drug dosages are impractically small and difficult to administer manually. Using an automated system means the highly trained nursing staff can spend more time with patients, their parents and other family members.

Medfusion syringe pumps are easy to customize, smart, safe, adaptable and flexible. They are capable of delivering drugs at high, controlled pressures either directly into the spinal cord, as in prenatal anesthesia, or subcutaneously. Because they are pre-programmed, the potential for an error in dosage is almost completely eliminated.

The ability to inject drugs subcutaneously offers the doctor or nurse almost infinite choice of injection site. This is very handy where multiple injections are required. There is a potential disadvantage in that edema, or swelling at the injection site, may inactivate certain drugs.

Parameters that can be manipulated for custom usage include formulation, latex-free, lipid resistant or needle-less configurations. The software that comes with the 3500 has software designed specifically to eradicate drug errors within programmable dosage limits. Other integrated safety features include rapid alarm response and displaying trends in pressure.

The Medfusion 3500 syringe pump is the newest model in this product line. Medicating patients using automated infusion pumps is cost effective and optimizes staff time. The device is used both clinically and in the research setting. One area where these devices are especially effective is in the care of infants in hospital neonatal intensive care units.




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