BBraun Infusomat categories

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Erin Gavin
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BBraun Infusomat categories

We are building a new library for our conversion from an end of life Baxter to BBraun Infusomat and I'd like some tips about the use of categories.

We have a starter library from another hospital in the system and categories like "Fast Mover" or "Critical Infusions" seem like they could be confusing in an age of float pools and gig work. I could see where giving some direction would be helpful, such as "Large Volume Fluids" or "Blood Products", but don't want to end up forcing people to scroll through dozens of pages for everything else or overengineer to the point of having certain categories with only one or two drugs. Would it make any sense to use categories like "Drugs A-C", "Drugs D-G", etc?
We are NOT going to be interoperable at this time, if that makes a difference.

Also open to tips on developing short names that avoid confusion without relying on brand names.

Thank you!
Erin