Clinical Guidelines for the Safe Use of McKinley T34 Syringe Pump

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As such, the main aim of these guidelines is to assist health care professionals administeringdrugs via the McKinley T34 Syringe Pump and to promote a procedural uniformity across Halton& St Helens Primary Care Trust.To this end, these guidelines also aim to:I. Introduce and establish rigorous procedures to ensure a consistent approach to the use ofthe McKinley T34 Syringe Pump.II. Reduce the potential risk of adverse incidents (Medical Devices Agency Device Bulletin2003(02)).III. Improve patient safety and clinical outcomes.IV. Provide evidence for the organisation to meet the Standards for Better HealthV. Establish key performance indicators to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of theguidanceThis document should be read in conjunction with the Policy for administration of ControlledDrugs, Decontamination Policy Infection Prevention and Control Policy and the End of Life CarePathway.DEFINITIONSThe McKinley T34 syringe pump is a portable battery-operated infusion pump weighingapproximately 210g (excluding the battery) and measuring 169mm by 53mm by 23mm. It isused for the administration of medication subcutaneously over a 24 hour period.DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITESAuthor(s) are responsible for ensuring that:a) Once ratified, the clinical guideline is maintained in an editable electronic version (mastercopy).b) An Impact Assessment has been completed for the document and submitted to the Headof Corporate Services and Business.c) The responsible committee or officers are alerted of any necessary review to beundertaken.d) All amendments are completed subsequent to the findings of any review.Responsible Committee or Officers are responsible for:a) Undertaking any review of the document: In response to any recommendation(s) madefollowing an audit of the document. In line with the agreed review date (a maximum ofPage 6 of 33
) Ensuring that if the author of the clinical guideline leaves, or their responsibilities changein relation to the guideline, that the Chair of the Multi-Disciplinary Clinical GuidelineRatification group is informed to whom responsibility of being the author(s) is transferredfor the relevant document.Multi-Disciplinary Guideline Ratification Group is responsible for:a) Ensuring that clinical guidelines are written in line with the Policy Standard.b) Ensuring that a master set of documents is maintained on behalf of the Primary CareTrust.c) Ensuring that the clinical guideline complies with all relevant legislation including Equality& Diversity.d) Monitoring and reviewing compliance against relevant Core and DevelopmentalStandards for Better Health and Risk Management Standards.e) Monitoring all clinical guidelines to ensure that they are in date.f) Alerting the Primary Care Trust of all new clinical guidelines.The Head of Corporate Services and Business is responsible for:a) Maintaining copies of impact assessments and the action(s) necessary to ensuredocuments meet statutory requirements and other guidance.b) Publishing impact assessments on the Primary Care Trust’s public website and staffExtranet.The Governance Manager is responsible for:a) Notifying ‘receivers’ as identified on the Distribution Lists set up via the Policy CascadeSystem that a new document has been issued.b) Maintaining and updating distribution lists on the Policy Cascade System.The ‘receiver’, as identified by their Director, is responsible for:a) Updating the paper copy of the document in the paper files for which they areresponsible.Page 7 of 33
Page 3: Table of ContentsIntroduction and P
Page 8 and 9: ) Responding to the Policy Cascade
Page 10 and 11: EQUIPMENT McKinley T34 syringe pump
Page 12 and 13: LABELLINGNo Action Rationale1 All s
Page 14 and 15: NOTE: The syringe graphic on the sc
Page 16 and 17: STOPPING THE INFUSION AND REMOVING
Page 18 and 19: Lateral aspects of upper arms and t
Page 20 and 21: TROUBLESHOOTINGNo Action RationaleI
Page 22 and 23: Near End15 minutes from end ofinfus
Page 24 and 25: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe extend our thank
Page 26 and 27: APPENDIX 1Glossary of TermsThe foll
Page 28 and 29: Who will look after my syringe pump
Page 30 and 31: APPENDIX 3ChecklistThe McKinley T34
Page 32 and 33: APPENDIX 4EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMEN

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