- Overview
- Medication Safety
- Connectivity
- EIFUs & Resources
Helps prevent medication errors
The Guardrails™ Suite of Safety Software is a medication safety and quality auditing system designed specifically for infusions. It can positively affect patient outcomes by facilitating continuous improvements in the quality of practice.
Air-in-line detection
Protection for single bubble or accumulation.
Wireless connectivity
Simplify the infusion experience through award winning IT* and connectivity solutions.
* Fenin – Spanish federation of healthcare technology recognized BD with the ‘Voluntades Award’ a corporate Social responsibility in sustainable innovation award. BD Alaris™ Communication engine team received this prestigious distinction, as a solution to reduce medication errors and its associated costs. The award was given by the Ministry of Health in a ceremony during the 24th Annual HealthCare Technology meeting on June 13, 2018;
BD Alaris™ neXus GP Volumetric Pump is designed to help prevent medications errors1-2, whilst simplifying the infusion process to release time for care and improve workflow efficiency3
Protecting every infusion
The BD Alaris™ neXus GP Volumetric Pump can protect every IV therapy with Guardrails™. Over the air secure drug library deployment to pumps anywhere in the hospital allows clinicians to benefit from the latest drug library and protection limits without infusion disruption or having to remove the pump from the clinical area.4
Infusion status at a glance
Capability to standardize protocols hospital wide with 3,000 drug setups, 30 profiles and unlimited setups per profile in the drug library
Default and user adjustable pressure limits allow for early detection of patient access occlusion.
Large and clear display shows all key parameters at a glance.
1) Manrique-Rodríguez S, et al., 2016; 2) Sara Arenas Lopez, et al., 2016; 3) Waterson et al., 2019; 4) Ohashi K, Dalleur O, Dykes PC, Bates DW. Benefits and risks of using smart pumps to reduce medication error rates: a systematic review. Drug Saf. 2014;37(12):1011–20.
Wi-Fi enabled IV medication safety system for all care areas in Hospitals
- “Over the air” seamless drug library updates and CQI download via BD Alaris™ Communication Engine 2.0 to enable infusion protocol standardization throughout the whole hospital.
- “Over the air” seamless pump event logs download (fluid, key presses, service, events) from any care area to streamline biomedical investigation activities.
- “Over the air” accurate and encrypted patient infusion data available to stream to PDMS via BD Alaris™ Communication Engine 2.0 for all care areas.
- Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology for faster and robust wireless connection at greater range
- Dual antennae for enhanced signal range over vertical and horizontal planes
Broad wireless coverage with dual antennas
BD Alaris™ Communication Engine (ACE) Server
Hospital Information System
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