Clinical Guidelines for the Safe Use of McKinley T34 Syringe Pump

Table of ContentsIntroduction and Purpose.............................................................................................................5Definitions ....................................................................................................................................6Duties, Roles and Responsibilites................................................................................................6Scope...........................................................................................................................................8Indications for The Use of the Guideline ......................................................................................8Qualification and Training ............................................................................................................9Equipment..................................................................................................................................10Audit...........................................................................................................................................10Procedure ..................................................................................................................................10Register of medical devices .......................................................................................................10Decontamination of the McKinley T34 Syringe Pump ................................................................10Incident reporting .......................................................................................................................11Obtaining informed consent .......................................................................................................11Preparing the syringe.................................................................................................................11Labelling.....................................................................................................................................12Connecting infusion set to the syringe .......................................................................................12Preparing the McKinley T34 Syringe Pump ...............................................................................13Fitting the syringe to the syringe pump ......................................................................................13Setting the infusion parameters .................................................................................................14Connecting the infusion to the patient........................................................................................14Starting the syringe pump ..........................................................................................................15Keypad lock ...............................................................................................................................15Stopping the infusion and removing the syringe pump ..............................................................16Resuming the infusion................................................................................................................16What to do if the patient dies whilst the syringe pump is running...............................................17Sites for placement of cannula for syringe pump infusion..........................................................17Page 3 of 33