heparin guardrail in infusion pump

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Lindsey M Eick
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heparin guardrail in infusion pump

Hi All
i am reviewing our alaris guardrails for heparin infusions and curious as to how other institutions are setting their guardrails mins/max's. we currently have 2 options - regular dose (below 2,500 units/hr and high dose (> 2,500 units/hr) but this seems to be causing a lot of unnecessary alerts. thinking of combining back to 1 option and trying to figure out the best soft min; soft max and hard max settings. what settings do you use at your institution? any other tips/tricks you are using to mitigate transcription issues would be much appreciated!

current settings:
regular dose:
dosing units: Units/hr
soft min: 500 units/hr
soft max: 2,000 units/hr
hard max: 2,500 units/hr

high dose:
dosing units: units/hr
soft min: 2,000 units/hr
hard max: 4,000 units/hr

Thanks!
Lindsey Eick

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