Method for programming a patient care device
First Claim
1. A method of programming a patient care device to deliver a substance to a patient, comprising:
- printing a coded label, said label including a substance delivery protocol identifier;
attaching the label to a container holding the substance;
transporting the container to the patient care device;
entering the protocol identifier into the patient care device;
selecting a configuration database from a plurality of configuration databases stored in a memory in the patient care device, wherein the selection depends on one of a location of the patient, a disease state of the patient or an identity of a user of the patient care device;
retrieving from the selected configuration database stored in the memory in the patient care device a specific protocol identified by the protocol identifier, said specific protocol comprising a plurality of delivery parameters and default values;
programming the patient care device to deliver the substance to the patient in accordance with the specific protocol.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols, operating limits, rule sets and/or operating features that collectively define an operating environment, or personality, of the device. Selection of a specific configuration database preferably is based at least in part upon patient-specific information obtained from any location in a distributed hospital network. Examples of such patient-specific information include patient age or size, patient medical characteristics, a location of the patient or a location of the care device. In a preferred embodiment, programming a patient care device to deliver a drug to a patient entails activating a configuration database and scanning a machine-readable drug label identifying a particular protocol stored in the activated database. The selected protocol includes default parameters for delivering the drug, and the label optionally includes instructions for deviating from the default protocol.
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1. A method of programming a patient care device to deliver a substance to a patient, comprising:
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printing a coded label, said label including a substance delivery protocol identifier; attaching the label to a container holding the substance; transporting the container to the patient care device; entering the protocol identifier into the patient care device; selecting a configuration database from a plurality of configuration databases stored in a memory in the patient care device, wherein the selection depends on one of a location of the patient, a disease state of the patient or an identity of a user of the patient care device; retrieving from the selected configuration database stored in the memory in the patient care device a specific protocol identified by the protocol identifier, said specific protocol comprising a plurality of delivery parameters and default values; programming the patient care device to deliver the substance to the patient in accordance with the specific protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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