Breakthrough Safety Features Raises the Bar for Infusion Pumps.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers HUNTINGTON BEACH Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001 Curlin Medical LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control announced breakthrough safety features for its ambulatory infusion pump infusion pump A device designed to deliver drugs and/or 'biologicals', at low doses and at a constant or controllable rate; ↑ rates of delivery in such devices may be associated with local hemolysis, compromising the potential benefits of a calibrated delivery , the Curlin 2000 Plus(TM). Built-in safety features benefit both hospitals and alternate care sites. Recently, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, n.pr the United States body that accredits healthcare organizations. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO/TJC), n. ("JCAHO JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, see there ") put a notice in the Sentinel Event sentinel event Health policy A term used by the JCAHO for a 'headliner' event that may cause an unexpected or unanticipated outcome or death, and trigger an investigation of a hospital's policies Alert (see note) section of its Web page describing an adverse event using infusion pumps. The Commission said, "Many of these events are due to human error, but one of the events could be prevented if the manufacturer of the disposable sets had in place a free-flow protection device that is integral to the set." Curlin Medical administration sets are designed with an active integral anti-free-flow device to prevent inadvertent free flow while allowing quick gravity priming of sets. Many competitive companies include a back check valve in their sets that has to be attached to the set after the set has been primed with fluid. "This is a passive solution and not a true integral anti-free-flow device," stated Mike Parsee, chairman of Curlin Medical. Parsee stated: "Curlin Medical is one of a very few select companies that has an integral anti-free-flow device on all of its sets, as well as many other safety features incorporated in the hardware and software of its Curlin 2000 Plus(TM) infusion pump. Our new safety features include: 1. Integral anti-free flow device on all sets 2. Integral air detection on all pumps 3. Integral up occlusion occlusion /oc·clu·sion/ (o-kloo´zhun) 1. obstruction. 2. the trapping of a liquid or gas within cavities in a solid or on its surface. 3. detection system on all pumps to act as a back-up check on compounding accuracy and infusion accuracy 4. Several lock out levels within the software 5. Graphic power bar alerting the patient to remaining battery power. "At Curlin Medical, we set our sights high. We strive to anticipate present and future needs of the medical community while raising the bar for infusion pumps for 2001 and beyond," stated Parsee. Note to Editors: For more information on this Sentinel Event Alert go to http://www.jcaho.org/. |
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