Hi Adrian, To get around the problem in the Southern NSW we stopped using the plastipak syringes and changed to the BD precise which were already setup in most of our syringe drivers/PCA's etc.
Bernard Kobier Electronics Technician | Biomedical Engineering Goulburn Base Hospital, 130 Goldsmith st. Goulburn NSW, 2580 Tel 02 4827 3220 | Fax 02 4827 3130 | Mob 0428 859 776 | bernie.kob...@gsahs.health.nsw.gov.au www.health.nsw.gov.au -----Original Message----- From: bmelist-boun...@bme.asn.au [mailto:bmelist-boun...@bme.asn.au] On Behalf Of Richards, Adrian (Health) Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2014 11:59 PM To: bmelist@bme.asn.au Subject: [bmelist] BD plastipak 50mL syringes Hi If anyone has been following these they will be aware that earlier last year BD changed the design of this product, with the new version exhibiting somewhat higher friction that the original. This lead to syringe drivers having issues with false occlusion alarms. Safety alerts were published widely advising people to be aware of this and re-calibrate pumps or increase occlusion alarm settings as required. This has particularly started to show up here in SA over the last few months, with most of the big hospitals having issues that has seen some of them needing to change their delivery protocols as the recal or changing alarm settings is not possible/appropriate in some cases. It is particularly a problem with PCAs due to the stop/start nature of those deliveries. Is anyone in other states having similar issues? The TGA do not have a lot of reports about it (maybe only ours)......but I have a suspicion that not many people are reporting into the TGA all that much anymore. Thanks Adrian _______________________________________________ bmelist mailing list bmelist@bme.asn.au http://lists.bme.asn.au/mailman/listinfo/bmelist ________________________________ ** This email is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed in this email are those of the author only and do not represent the official view of NSW Health nor the New South Wales Government ** _______________________________________________ bmelist mailing list bmelist@bme.asn.au http://lists.bme.asn.au/mailman/listinfo/bmelist
