Tips for buying Syringe Pump
- The need for infusion sets should be determined based on the annual number of syringe pump infusions and the average infusion duration in a facility.
- These syringe infusion pumps should generally have adjustable flow rates with increments of 0.1 mL/hr.
- The syringe pumps should be designed to accommodate syringe sizes of up to 60 mL.
- The preferred syringe pumps are those with prime/purge control, and the ones that perform accurately to within 5% of the displayed flow rate and volume.
- The alarms included with the syringe infusion pumps should indicate at least the following: empty reservoir, infusion near end, infusion end, high pressure/occlusion, system malfunction, syringe unlocked, and low/depleted battery.
- A syringe pump should be able to store at least 200 events of error codes, alarm conditions, quantity infused, and programmable settings.
- An alarm-silencing mechanism for syringe pumps may be available, as long as it's temporary.
- These syringe infusion pumps should come with luer-lock connectors. They should provide a needleless connection for the brand of primary infusion sets used by the facility.
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