Baxter Healthcare has informed the Department of Health that they are currently experiencing a shortfall in the supply of a number of Colleague pump compatible IV administrations sets and that this situation will continue until July 2015.
To maintain availability of Colleague pump compatible administration sets during the period of this supply disruption it is essential that all trusts using the Baxter Colleague infusion pump system make the following changes in practice, with immediate effect:
1) ‘One Set System IV administration sets (Baxter C96 product codes) should only be used for pumped infusions through a colleague pump.
2) For gravity infusions, where you currently use the ‘One Set System IV administration sets’, you should use an alternative gravity IV administration set (details of alternative gravity IV administration sets are available through NHS Supply Chain).
3) Where alternative infusion pumps are available and appropriate, these should be used in preference to the Colleague pump.
150325 URGENT ACTION MDs re Baxter IV admin sets supply disruption FINAL