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Overview

PRIDE™, Preventing Intravenous Drug Errors, is  an  intravenous drug and blood transfusion system that enhances two critical infusion functions:

• Delivering a high-degree of error- prevention in the intravenous infusion of drugs and blood transfusion
• Improving the bedside management of patients receiving intravenous drug therapy or blood transfusion

System Advantages

• Gravity flow system
• Error prevention – assuring that the right patient receives the right drug at the right time in the right sequence
• Creates a physical barrier that prevents administration of drug or blood until the caregiver and the system itself have meticulously performed all the necessary steps in the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). The barrier is achieved by a process wherein spiking of the infusion/transfusion bag closes mechanically a unique valve on the infusion set that has been developed by Pro-IV (patent pending)
• The system opens the infusion set mechanically if all the necessary conditions and checks have been performed and verified
• Monitoring functions
  • Caregiver identification
  • Recording start and end of infusion/transfusion
• Management Functions
  • Requires strict protocol adherence
  • Assures patient history compatible with drug

Product Highlights

The Valve: Plastic, disposable, sterile, integral with the infusion bag "spike," closes mechanically by spiking the bag and can only be opened by a Hand-Held Device (HHD), can be integrated also into pump technologies

Hand-Held Device (HHD)

• The central communications and operations point in the IMMAGES™ system
• A portable, computerized tool for the management of many patients
• Simple to use touch screen instructions for caregiver
• Built-in bar code scanner -Scans the medication bag and the patient's wrist band and verifies that the patient, the medication, and the dose and timing of the medication are correct, and what the physician prescribed
• Opens the valve mechanically using a built-in "key"  when all the critical data have been verified
• Retrieves and stores doctor's orders and patient information
• Contains clear instructions for all infusion protocols and requires caregiver compliance
• Verifies and records caregiver I.D.
• Records all operations that have been performed by the caregiver
• Compact, hand-sized and rugged
• Checks orders for accuracy, validity and patient compatibility
• Stores critical patient information
• Stores infusion data
• Stores drug information (e.g. indications, compatibilities, dosages)