A patient care system for infusing multiple medical fluids, the patient care system comprising: a plurality of fluid containers (38; 40; 42; 44) each adapted to hold a separate medical fluid; a plurality of fluid lines (30, 31; 32, 33; 34, 35; 36, 37) each in fluid communication with a separate fluid container from among the plurality of fluid containers; a plurality of pump channels (22; 24; 26; 28) each adapted to receive and connect to a separate fluid line from among the plurality of fluid lines and to operate on the received conduit to pump the fluid from the fluid container connected to the received conduit; a plurality of pressure sensors each associated with a pump channel, each coupled to a separate fluid line from among the plurality of fluid lines, and each located downstream of the flow control device of the associated pump channel providing the sensor signals representative of pressure in the fluid line with which the pressure sensor is coupled; the patient care system characterized by: a processor connected to the plurality of pressure sensors and to the plurality of pump channels, the processor configured to verify that a particular fluid container from among the plurality of fluid containers is connected to a particular pump channel from among the plurality of pump channels, wherein the processor has a connection verification mode in which the processor is configured to monitor the pressure signals for a predetermined time period to detect an operator-induced pressure change in a particular of the fluid lines and to provide a verification indication when the processor receives pressure signals indicative of the operator-induced pressure change in a particular fluid line conduit to thereby verify that the particular fluid container is connected to the particular pump channel through the particular fluid line conduit. a plurality of fluid containers (38; 40; 42; 44) each adapted to hold a separate medical fluid; a plurality of fluid lines (30, 31; 32, 33; 34, 35; 36, 37) each in fluid communication with a separate fluid container from among the plurality of fluid containers; a plurality of pump channels (22; 24; 26; 28) each adapted to receive and connect to a separate fluid line from among the plurality of fluid lines and to operate on the received conduit to pump the fluid from the fluid container connected to the received conduit; a plurality of pressure sensors each associated with a pump channel, each coupled to a separate fluid line from among the plurality of fluid lines, and each located downstream of the flow control device of the associated pump channel providing the sensor signals representative of pressure in the fluid line with which the pressure sensor is coupled; the patient care system characterized by: a processor connected to the plurality of pressure sensors and to the plurality of pump channels, the processor configured to verify that a particular fluid container from among the plurality of fluid containers is connected to a particular pump channel from among the plurality of pump channels, wherein the processor has a connection verification mode in which the processor is configured to monitor the pressure signals for a predetermined time period to detect an operator-induced pressure change in a particular of the fluid lines and to provide a verification indication when the processor receives pressure signals indicative of the operator-induced pressure change in a particular fluid line conduit to thereby verify that the particular fluid container is connected to the particular pump channel through the particular fluid line conduit. a processor connected to the plurality of pressure sensors and to the plurality of pump channels, the processor configured to verify that a particular fluid container from among the plurality of fluid containers is connected to a particular pump channel from among the plurality of pump channels, wherein the processor has a connection verification mode in which the processor is configured to monitor the pressure signals for a predetermined time period to detect an operator-induced pressure change in a particular of the fluid lines and to provide a verification indication when the processor receives pressure signals indicative of the operator-induced pressure change in a particular fluid line conduit to thereby verify that the particular fluid container is connected to the particular pump channel through the particular fluid line conduit.