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Managing Infusion Pump Alarms
Kelcy Freeman, PharmD, BCPSNational Coalition for Infusion Therapy Safety
March 12, 2015
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Infusion Pump Alarm Management
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Syringe Pump Considerations
Rapid occlusion detection system for NICU
Constant pump monitoring by anesthesia
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Classifying Infusion Alarms
Alarms that summon a caregiver to the bedside, but do not result in clinical intervention once the situation has been assessed (Hyman)
Are false alarms non-actionable or a different category altogether?
Is an “Infusion Complete” alarm actionable or non-actionable?
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Alarms vs Alerts
2011 Medical Device Alarms Summit Priority Action (AAMI)Standards for alarms (IEC60601-1-8)are relatively new and have had mixed success
Need to standardize terminology of alarm conditions
R3 Report for NPSG.06.01.01 (TJC)NPSG addresses clinical alarms that can compromise patient safety if they are not properly managed…In general, this does not include items such as nurse call systems, alerts from CPOE, or other IT systems
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Medfusion® Syringe Pump AlarmsAlarm Type Definition and Examples
High PriorityAny condition that halts an ongoing infusion
OcclusionInvalid Syringe Size
Medium Priority
Any condition requiring intervention, but that does not halt an ongoing infusion
Pressure IncreasingOutside Range Limit (soft limit)
Low PriorityAny condition not requiring immediate intervention
Low Battery ReminderSet Time and Date
Limit PriorityProvides user feedback related to interaction with pump
Input Out of Range (hard limit)Syringe Does Not Match Entry
System FaultSystem fault conditions, fluid delivery stops
System Failure: Configuration RequiredSystem Failure: Force Sensor Test
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PharmGuard® Reports Alarm Categories
Alarm Category Examples
Operational Set Time and DateSyringe Does Not Match Entry
Routine Clinical OcclusionPressure Increasing
Non-Routine ClinicalOutside Range Limit (soft limit)Input Out of Range (hard limit)Invalid Syringe Size
Routine Hardware Low Battery Reminder
Non-Routine Hardware System Failure: Configuration RequiredSystem Failure: Force Sensor Test
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Alarm Summary
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Alarm Summary
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Different Perspectives: End-user
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Different Perspectives: End-user
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Directly Configurable AlarmsFeature Options
Alarm LoudnessDefines the loudness level of the pump’s alarms
Level 1 Level 4Level 2 Level 5Level 3
Alarm Silence TimeInterval for which an alarm waits before alarming again after user pressed the alarm silence button
1 minute2 minutes
Alarm StyleDefines the tone style a pump will use when sounding an alarm
Medfusion® DefinedInternational StandardMedfusion® Multi-Tone
Near Empty Alarm PriorityDefines the priority level at which the pump will generate the alarm
LowMedium
Near Empty TimeNumber of minutes remaining before a syringe is empty, at which time the pump will alert the clinician that the syringe is nearly empty
0 – 240 minutes
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Directly Configurable AlarmsFeature Options
Occlusion LimitDefines the pressure at which the pump will consider the line occluded
Very Low (~4 psi)Low (~8 psi)Normal (~12 psi)High (~16 psi)
FlowSentry™
Defines if the FlowSentry™ (Rapid Occlusion Detection) is enabled
EnabledDisabled
FlowSentry™ SensitivityDefines the sensitivity of the FlowSentry™ algorithm during normal infusion
LowNormalHighVery High
FlowSentry™ Startup SensitivityDefines the sensitivity of the FlowSentry™ algorithm during infusion startup
LowNormalHighVery High
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Indirectly Configurable Alarms
Override Alarm Loudness
Override Occlusion Limit
Enable/disable FlowSentry™
Enable/disable Syringe Near Empty Tone
Enable/disable Syringe Vol Empty Tone
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Syringe Empty Process
Syringe Near Empty is designed to provide warning so there is time to prepare another syringe, if needed
Syringe Volume Near Empty occurs at a syringe position near the end of the syringe travel
Syringe Empty or Syringe Empty—Stop occur when the syringe is empty, the pump has calculated that the syringe should be at its forward-most travel point, or the pump’s syringe plunger driver has moved as far forward as possible
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Evolution of Syringe Empty ProcessPump + firmwareversion
Syringe NearEmpty Alarm
Syringe VolNear Empty Alarm
Syringe Empty Alarm
Syringe Empty - StopAlarm
Medfusion®
3500 v5 or earlier
Configurableby customer N/A High priority
High priority(Syringe Empty—Manual)
Medfusion®
4000 v1.1Configurableby customer
Medium priority,audible alarm
High priority High priority
Medfusion®
3500 v6Configurableby customer
Low priority,muted alarm High priority High priority
Medfusion®
4000 v1.5
Configurableby customer
Low priority,muted alarm High priority High priority
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Different Perspectives: Pharmacist
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ReferencesAAMI Foundation, Healthcare Technology Safety Institute. Clinical Alarms [website]. Arlington, Va.: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, [no date, ca. 2013]. Available online at: http://www.aami.org/htsi/alarms/
AAMI Foundation, Healthcare Technology Safety Institute. Priority issues from the AAMI/FDA infusion device summit. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, [no date, ca. 2010]. Available online at https://www.aami.org/meetings/summits/infusion.html
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. NTI ActionPak: Strategies for managing alarm fatigue [website]. Philadelphia, Pa: May 2013. Available online at http://www.aacn.org/dm/practice/actionpakdetail.aspx?itemid=28337&learn=true
Hyman, W. Learning from nonactionable clinical alarms, October 6, 2014. AAMIBlog. Available online at http://aamiblog.org/2014/10/06/william-hyman-learning-from-non-actionable-clinical-alarms/
The Joint Commission. Alarm system safety. R3 Report: Requirement, rationale, reference, December 11, 2013; 5. Available online at http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/R3_Report_Issue_5_12_2_13_Final.pdf
The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission announces 2014 National Patient Safety Goal. Joint Commission Perspectives, July2013; 33(7).McAlpine, B. Alerts versus alarms—Not just semantics, January 15, 2014. HIStalk Readers Write. Available online at http://histalk2.com/category/readers-write/.
The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Alarm Fatigue Task Force. (2014). Alarm fatigue: Strategies to safely manage clinical alarms and prevent alarm fatigue. Available online at http://www.nacns.org/html/alarm-fatigue.php
Philips Healthcare. Just a nuisance? 2013. Available online at http://ec.europa.eu/health/expert_panel/consultations/docs/2014_pubcons_qualityhealthcare_co59_en.pdf
Vanderveen, T. Don’t approach the challenges of pump alarms with a broad brush, May 5, 2014. AAMIBlog. Available online at http://aamiblog.org/2014/05/28/tim-vanderveen-dont-approach-the-challenges-of-pump-alarms-with-a-broad-brush/
Welch, J. Alarm fatigue hazards: The sirens are calling. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, May/June 2012. Available online at http://psqh.com/alarm-fatigue-hazards-the-sirens-are-calling
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