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3. Prime and de-air the blood lines and the dialyzer. Especially
note that the dialyzer should be fi lled from bottom to top
to ensure proper de-airation.
The priming overview menu, which gives current information
on the most important priming parameters, will be shown on
the Information Display. The preset priming volume is shown
below
PRESET VOLUME
. Below
ACC VOLUME
, to the left of
the slash, the current priming volume obtained since priming
start is shown. The total preset priming volume is displayed to
the right of the slash.
4. Fill up the level in the venous drip chamber (while the
blood pump is running) using the level adjustment knob
(anticlockwise direction). Adjust the level so it is well above
the air detector head. Note that if the venous drip chamber is
not being fi lled at the beginning of the priming procedure,
an attention alarm without buzzer will appear to request the
operator to do so.
5. The Air detector button will start to fl ash when the
venous drip chamber has been fi lled. This is to request
the operator to press it and by doing so, activate the air
detector alarm function. It is not necessary to press the
fl ashing button at this moment, the air detector activation
may be moved forward until the extracorporeal circuit is
completely de-aired. Additionally, if the air detector is not
manually activated during priming, it will be automatically
activated either when the priming volume is achieved, when
CONNECT PATIENT
is selected or when blood is detected.
The activated air detector alarm function is indicated by an
unlit button.
6. Attach the dialysis fl uid tubes to the dialyzer when "F.Ch"
disappears from the Time Display and the bypass path on the
Flow Diagram lights up. See "Dialysis Fluid Tubes - Attach",
page 4:35 in part 1 for instructions on how to attach the tubes.
Especially note that if UFD (dialysis fl uid fi lter) is installed, the
dialysis fl uid tubes cannot be moved until the bypass path of the
Flow Diagram lights up green.
HCEN12239 Revision 12.2010
Program version 3.xx
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