Syringe Pumps

Sometimes we may have a very small amount of fluid that must by infused over an extented period of time; in these cases we may want to use a syringe to inject the medication, but we will need some way of controlling how quickly the plunger on the syringe is depressed, so that that the medication is given at a constant rate for a specified period of time. Because this is difficult to do accurately by hand, we use machines called syringe pumps which slowly push depress the syringe plunger so that the medicine is given at a specified rate or over a specified period of time. Some medications cannot be diluted without losing their efficacy, so these kinds of medications may be given using a syringe pump.