A NICU at one of our hospitals brought forward the concern that the 1 ml and 3 ml BD syringes are the same barrel size, so when they are inserted into the pump, the autodetect feature (Alaris syringe pump) cannot tell the difference and the nurse must manually select the syringe size. Due to the label on these smaller syringes, it is often hard to tell which size the syringe actually is.

Apparently mistakes/errors have happened more than once, and I wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue or any successful mitigation strategies?

Thank you