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Sigma Spectrum (LVP) Comments
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Manager
If I were starting over, I would go with a different model of this product that offers EMR...
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Manager
Baxter's phone and web support have been amazing. Baxter has gone through a lot of management...
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Nurse
I know that the frontline staff has had some issues with Sigma Spectrum, but on the whole, they are...
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Nurse
It is difficult to get the right person at Baxter to resolve issues in a timely manner. We jump...
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Director
Our pumps are getting old, and some locations have battery issues. We are looking at moving into the...
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Director
Baxter seems to always be available. I get a lot of contact with Baxter's sales force. Anytime I...
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Director
There seems to be some inconsistency with Baxter's billing. We have issues with our billing that we...
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Director
The Sigma Spectrum's drug library is good, and the process for publishing the wireless drug library...
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Director
We have been very happy with Baxter and our relationship. The company is reputable, and overall, the...
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Director
We haven’t gotten a lot of contact from our Baxter representative, and I haven’t seen any big...
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Manager
Overall, my experience with Baxter has been extremely positive. If there is ever an issue, Baxter...
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Manager
My recommendation to Baxter would be that when they are looking to release new products, they should...
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Director
We will probably do an RFP to see what other systems are available and what the best enterprise...
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Director
Things are just the same old, same old. The biggest change is because of COVID-19. We want to be...
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CNIO
We love the product’s portability and what we can do with the number and weight reduction. The...
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CNIO
Baxter has maintained their promises on everything, and that is why we continue to go with them. We...
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Analyst/Coordinator
If I scan a medication, it doesn’t go automatically to the EMR. We scan the IV bag, but it is just...
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Analyst/Coordinator
Soon after we got the pumps, we had problems with them. They were alarming too often. The Baxter...
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Analyst/Coordinator
What I like about the Sigma Spectrum is that it is easy to use and not hard to program. The size of...
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Analyst/Coordinator
What I don’t care for with the Sigma Spectrum is that it alarms a lot. There are good alarms if...
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Manager
Baxter wouldn't be my first choice because of how many servers it takes to support the support and...
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Manager
The Sigma Spectrum seems to last forever since that is how long we have been using it.
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Manager
I would look at other options if it were up to me whether to buy the Sigma Spectrum pumps again. The...
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Manager
Part of the problem with the Sigma Spectrum pumps is that there isn't much we can do on them...
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Manager
The pumps work as advertised, but I am not sure whether people in charge of picking them necessarily...
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Manager
I have used the support portal for the Sigma Spectrum pumps. I have problems with the website, and I...
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Analyst/Coordinator
I don't think our other pump vendor is a competitor of Baxter for LVP pumps. We are continually...
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Analyst/Coordinator
Baxter has improved the process a bit. At the start of Baxter, they were still dealing with some FDA...
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Director
The pumps are very functional and easy to use. The screen is good, and our staff members like it....
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Director
The alarms for the Sigma Spectrum pumps are problematic. There are alarms for upstream occlusions...
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Director
The Sigma Spectrum pumps aren't interoperable at all. I would like them to be, but part of the...
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VP/Other Executive
We would like to move to an interactive, bidirectional pump. We haven’t even started looking at...
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VP/Other Executive
I would like to see the product have more connectivity with information systems and our hospital...
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VP/Other Executive
I would tell others looking at this system that for the amount of money we have to pay to Baxter,...
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Manager
I can say more positive than negative things about the Sigma Spectrum pumps. We have done some...
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Manager
The only problem we have with the pumps is that when we take a drug from the hospital during a...
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Manager
We had an issue early on with the pumps. We removed the pin at the back that holds the plug in...
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Manager
Once we got into the software and understood how to use it, it was very good and easy to program....
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Manager
The pumps we use are all originals. They really hold up. We send in several pumps a year, and we use...
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Manager
The biggest problems with the pumps are the reload tubing sets and clean load point. The pumps had a...
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Manager
There really aren’t any problems with the services around the implementation or upgrades. The vendor...
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Manager
We don’t have any trouble at all with ease of use. The pumps are part of our long-term plan for the...
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Manager
Baxter overcommunicated during our recent upgrade. I view that as a positive. The vendor did a great...
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Manager
The Sigma Spectrum is very organized. The product works as it was intended to. From an...
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Manager
Baxter is offering new technology. Depending on some of the conversations we are having with Baxter,...
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Manager
I am able to hear about the experiences other Baxter customers have had with processes that we...
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Director
We have always loved Baxter. One thing that I love about the Sigma Spectrum is its high and low...
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Director
The more great systems that we have, the more our clinical staff members are willing to accept...
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Manager
We have not had any issues with Baxter. I know what they do, and they do it very well. We can...
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Manager
I have done the research on the alternatives. With one of those, if we go to see how many reports...
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Manager
When we bought the Baxter pump, it included the training. We have to buy the software and update it...
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Manager
I have worked so closely with Baxter for years, so they usually let me know right away when...
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Nurse
Our Sigma Spectrum pumps are not end of life yet. We tend to not jump from product to product, but...
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Nurse
The pumps are maximized and optimized for what they can do, and there isn't a whole lot that we...
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Nurse
Baxter has been very responsive throughout the implementation and updates. The vendor sends more...
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Manager
The solution is easy to use. I can tell nurses how to use the pumps, and I have been through a...
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Manager
The drug library isn't integrated with our EHR or pharmacy systems or any other systems. I would...
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Manager
The upgrade to the Spectrum IQ pumps went well. It wasn't a big transition for the nurses because...
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Manager
I am glad that the Sigma Spectrum pumps are going to be integrated into our medical record. I like...
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Director
Baxter's pumps have wireless connections, so when I make changes to the software, the updates...
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Director
I would like for the pumps to integrate with our hospital information system.
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Director
I like Baxter’s compact pump; it is very portable and easy to move around. Baxter’s software library...
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Director
I am very concerned about Baxter having to pull their new pumps from the FDA approval process. I...
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Director
The quality of the product has declined ever since Baxter bought Sigma, and we have had lots of...
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Director
When we decided to go with Baxter, we considered another vendor too, and the decision was...
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Nurse
Baxter doesn't have the ability to interface the pumps with our EMR at all.
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Nurse
We don't know whether Baxter's pumps are part of our long-term plans. Baxter has kept most of their...
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Manager
Baxter has been very honest with me about the limitations that they have, and they understand our...
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Manager
The ongoing training is pretty awesome. They offer to bring people in whenever we want.
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Manager
As far as pharmacy and nursing are concerned, they love the Sigma Spectrum. The people in our biomed...
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Manager
Our nurses like the pumps in the OR because the size and weight are great. The nurses can put in two...
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Manager
We have had exceptional service. I call or send an email, and I get an answer almost immediately. I...
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Manager
Baxter understands that their pump integration is not where it should be, but most of that has to do...
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Manager
We haven’t had many issues with the pumps during COVID-19. We haven’t had a lot of COVID-19...
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Manager
I like the pumps a lot, and they are easy to use and program. I don’t use them often, and I can...
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Director
We aren't buying the pumps again. They run well enough; that isn't the issue. What is unfortunate is...
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Director
Our biomedical department is very unhappy with all the service charges and long wait times from...
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Director
The initial implementation went very well, and the pumps work well. I would have some good things to...
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Director
I believe that Baxter's next version of the pumps might integrate better. Because of the EMR we...
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Manager
The pumps are not part of our long-term plans. We didn’t get the funding to purchase the additional...
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Manager
The software is fairly user friendly and intuitive when compared to other pumps' drug library...
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Manager
I would give the product a high rating for driving tangible outcomes with the drug library software...
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Manager
I am not really sure how integration works with Baxter's product. I don't see a lot of smart...
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Manager
We continue to struggle with the Baxter pumps in certain units. We have a staff perception here that...
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Manager
As an organization, we struggle with the secondary functionality of the pumps. Nurses feel like the...
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Manager
Baxter has bad data coming out of their pumps. I am not sure the Sigma Spectrum pumps are in our...
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Manager
Baxter comes on-site pretty often. They are here quite a bit because they want to talk about pumps....
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Nurse
We have an online module that is facilitated through a third-party system. The vendor has a link...
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Director
The pumps are nice. We have had to do some post-market alterations to secure them for transport to...
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Director
The Sigma Spectrum pump is better than the other pump we use because it can handle bumps and still...
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Director
The problem with the pumps is that the vendor bolts the charging cord onto the back, and sometimes,...
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Director
Baxter is always saying that we have to pay for certain things even though my department has to pay...
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Director
I like that the pumps have a customizable menu. We have all of the standard concentrations that we...
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Director
If people picked up any one of our pumps and shook it, they would hear a ton of things vibrating...
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Director
One of the things I really like about Epic is having the same platform throughout our whole...
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Director
The reporting isn't very good. Our pumps are older, and they collect a ton of data, but we can't get...
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Director
Our Sigma Spectrum pumps are like tanks. They never break down and are very tough.
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Manager
The Sigma Spectrum pumps are wireless, and that makes updating them really nice. We don't have to...
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Manager
The Sigma Spectrum pumps run on a solid platform and work very well. The pumps do exactly what we...
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Nurse
I like the pumps. They meet our outcomes pretty well. I would probably recommend the Sigma Spectrum...
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Manager
The pumps can be very quirky for the nurses to use. For example, the pumps have a lot of alarms that...
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Manager
I like the catalogs. The formularies are set up very well, and we can add or change things in the...
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Manager
The pumps are easy to understand and load. I also really like that they use the same tubing as EMS...
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Manager
Through this pandemic, we haven't experienced a lot of drug shortages from the vendor. I think they...
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Manager
The biggest issue I have with the pumps is that the technology we had was not amiable to updating. I...
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Manager
Baxter’s technical support is good. The personal representation has been off the charts. We only...
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Nurse
There was no training in the beginning. We had to do our own. It certainly would have been...
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Nurse
We haven't had to talk to Baxter or use their support. I haven't even seen a Baxter representative...
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Nurse
I like that the pumps are easy to use. The programming format is very simple. The pumps we used...
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Nurse
The pumps seem to need repairs frequently, and the repairs are quite expensive. We probably have to...
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