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5. Check that the arterial and venous blood lines has been
completely disconnected from the patient. Con fi rm this by
pressing the Select key for 3 seconds and the menu will
change to the
DISMOUNT OLD BLOOD CIRCUIT
menu.
When patient disconnection has been con fi rmed, the air detector
will be deactivated and the dialysis fl uid will automatically be
bypassed from the dialyzer.
6. Disconnect the dialysis fl uid tubes from the dialyzer and
connect them to the safety couplings of the machine. Remove
the dialyzer and the blood lines; follow the instructions
in "Machine aftercare", page 4:63 in part 1, point 25 and
additional warning.
7. Attach new dialyzer and blood lines; follow the
corresponding instructions in "Attach Disposables", starting
on page 4:13 in part 1.
8. Press the Select key when new disposables have been
attached, the Priming button lights up indicating that priming
mode has been activated.
9. Prime and de-air the new blood circuit as usual procedure.
Follow the corresponding instructions starting on page 4:40
for "Manual Priming and Rinsing Procedure" and on page
4:46 for "Assisted Priming and Rinsing Procedure" in part 1.
Resume Treatment
10. Check/adjust the treatment parameters for the continuing treatment
(see "Always Check/Adjust", page 4:52) in part 1.
11. Connect the blood lines and start the treatment as usual procedure.
See corresponding instructions in "Connect the Patient", page 4:53
and "Start the Treatment", page 4:56 in part 1.
Especially note that all treatment parameters , set values as well
as accumulated values, from treatment start up until where it was
interrupted have been saved by the machine. If the Diascan or
Pro fi ling functions have been previously activated, attention alarms
will be generated to give the operator instructions on how to set/adjust
the values for the continuing treatment.
HCEN12239 Revision 12.2010
Program version 3.xx
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