The following has been reported: "during go live at newport news nurse reported: "we had a pump programmed with an iron infusion.It was set up to infuse to empty; but it didn't.Then it pulled enough air to produce an air-in-line alarm instead of converting back to primary".The secondary did not infuse to empty, even though it was programmed to.So the nurse reprogrammed to catch the remaining secondary and then convert to primary.The pump continued to draw from secondary and pulled air into the cassette.No patient harm." this issue delayed an active infusion, but it was completed.Reporting due to the referenced technical issue.No adverse effects to the patient were reported.More information is needed to complete the investigation.
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