title: Evaluation of infusion pumps and controllers: fourth report.
abstract: The evaluation of pumps and controllers is being undertaken for the DHSS within the Bath District Health Authority. Technical performance assessments are made at the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering; user assessments in various local hospitals; and equipment is tested to BS 5724 at the British Standards Institution Test House. A recent issue of 'Health Equipment Information' ('HEI') (No. 125), published in September 1984, contains evaluation reports on a further four infusion devices. This is the fourth report in the series: the first three were devoted to groups of instruments of broadly similar types. In this report, a mixed batch of syringe pumps, volumetric pumps and controllers is reviewed--the aim being to evaluate new instruments as soon as possible after they appear on the market. Edited versions of earlier reports have appeared in 'Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology' [1 and 2]. For full details of the evaluation findings readers should consult 'HEI' 125--the following are extracts from the report.
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008838:Microcomputers; D013997:Time Factors