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Priming
General
The priming and rinsing procedure of the extracorporeal circuit can be
commenced as soon as the Priming button lights up during function
check. For further information concerning what is happening and how
it is indicated on the Operator's Panel, see "Function Check", starting
on page 4:3 in part 1.
Make sure that the manufacturer's instructions for the speci fi c dialyzer
and the speci fi c blood lines are being followed when the priming and
rinsing procedure are performed.
Priming can be performed manually or with assistance from the
machine. Instructions on handling procedures for both alternatives
are described on the following pages. "Manual Priming and Rinsing
Procedure" starts on page 4:40 and "Assisted Priming and Rinsing
Procedure" starts on page 4:46. Both alternatives can be preset to be
activated at start up by an authorized technician. The manual priming
procedure is default active upon machine delivery.
Furthermore, the manual/assisted priming procedures can be divided
up in 3 parts; priming, extra priming and recirculation priming. The
priming part must always be performed in order to complete the
priming procedure. The latter parts, where the handling procedures
are the same for both manual and assisted priming, can be used if
necessary or requested.
Priming Part
Manual Priming
When performing manual priming, the operator is in charge of the
priming parameter settings, removing air from dialyzer and blood lines
and generally monitoring the procedure. Some priming parameter
values can however be preset by an authorized technician to facilitate
the manual priming procedure; priming volume, blood pump speed,
priming UF rate and dialysis fl uid fl ow rate.
Assisted Priming
Assisted priming is a modular feature using preset settings to optimize
and allow for consistent priming processes. To allow for different
combinations of blood lines and dialyzers three different preset
combinations of assisted priming can be programmed by an authorized
technician and named according to local preference.
Assisted priming consists of several phases which can be adjusted,
included or excluded.
During
ACTIVE PHASE:FILLUP
, the blood lines and the blood
compartment of the dialyzer are fi lled with priming solution. The
blood pump start can be preset to either not consider, or wait for correct
dialysis fl uid conductivity and temperature.
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