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I’ll be willing to bet here and now that they won’t give such yeoman service as the venerable MS 16A and MS 26’s (sometimes it just doesn’t need to be high-tech)! Anybody hazard a guess (no pun intended) how many millions of infusions (usually for the purposes of pain relief, after all) these simple, reliable devices have performed?

Yes, but how many mistakes have been made when having the MS16 and MS26 in the same hospital!!! Also, the MS range do not comply with the latest standards for infusion pumps with regard to safety. They are also open to abuse, especially with regard to the "Boost" button which can be continually pressed, especially by patients and relatives as we know to our cost. We have had at least one reported case where a relative intentionally repeatedly pressed the boost button and overdosed the patient.

Graseby now supply MS DRiver Locking Box
Part No 0105-0640 which we have purchased to overcome this problem.

Peter
An interim measure that we took was to obtain the Graseby MS series lockboxes for all our MS26's which stops the misuse of the Boost button.

Personally, I could never understand why the MS 16A versus MS 26 issue was such a problem. Different drivers for different applications, surely? And clearly marked, with very clear operating instructions. Are we expecting any new pumps to be “idiot proof”, then? Is it possible to build such a device at all, I wonder? Nurses get paid more than I do these days, so why should I cut them any slack?

Also, the Boost button is there for a reason. If Boost is not required clinically, then by all means use the lock-box – what’s the problem? Solution not high-tech enough for you guys, or what?

Geoff
The MS26 and MS16 have never been a problem for us techies, but we're dealing with nurses, patients and carers here.
The pumps may be different colours and labelled differently, but "if it looks the same it must work the same". There have been numerous reports of incorrect dosing being given when the two pumps are used in the same hospital due to the MS16 being mistaken for the MS26 and vice versa.
The lock box solves the problem with the boost button but does not solve any problems with regard to rate setting or appropriate alarms.
With up to date pumps such as the McKinley T34, you can lock the settings so that only one type of syringe, one dose rate etc. can be used and all the nurse has to do is start it.

OK then, guys. It looks like the McKinley T34 could well be the way forward. Any news about the plastic cover having been sorted yet?

See http://www.mckinleymed.com/pdf/mckinleyt34.pdf

And https://www.ebme.co.uk/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/9/370.html