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Eclipse IV delivery systems

OK, Hubby is on IV antibiotics at home. Not a problem with this old nurse handling it!;) My question is his last dose of vanco would not infuse for anything. Picc line flushed fine(believe me I was ready to start a peripheral if needed!). After playing with it for an hour I finally just tried another "ball". Infusing no problem.

I'm just curious if this is a common problem, or are we just lucky??

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Was the pump allowed to warm to room temp x 1hr before infusing? Sometimes if it's cold it won't run right. Another suggestion is to roll the area of the tubing where the clamp was between your fingers. Sometimes the tubing is kinked from the clamp even tho' it's unclamped. Lastly, try letting the pump run when not attached to your husband. This will let you know if the pump is the problem. I've worked with the eclipse pumps for about 10 years. I won't pretend that they are trouble free but I experienced very few problems and most of the families I've worked with love them. Especially compared to a straight line or a pump. You may have just got the lucky pain in the neck pump. Hopefully it won't happen again. Good luck!

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I did all of that. Turns out that it was a faulty one. Being the curious nurse that I am, after we got a replacment, I took it apart. The "out" tubing had an extra piece of plastic covering opening from the ball. Stuff happens! I really love this delivery system! Hubby just throws it in his pocket and off he goes!! Thanks for the reply!

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