Safety and Patient Care Precautions
P/N 53063-50, Manual Revision: B
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ACTORS
AFFECTING
PROCESSING
TIME
Cell Salvage
The time required to process a centrifuge bowl of salvaged blood is dependent
upon the following factors:
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Salvaged blood hematocrit
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Bowl volume
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Bowl filling rate
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Wash volume
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Wash flow rate
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Empty flow rate
All these factors combine to determine the total processing time for any cell
salvage system. The CS5+ has been programmed to optimize this time during
each procedure without compromising the final product. Any changes made to
the preset processing parameters should be carefully considered prior to being
executed.
Sequestering
Typical processing times for performing the sequestering procedure on the CS5+
is 25 – 40 minutes. Actual time and results may vary depending on individual
variability in vascular access, and the patient’s tolerance to the sequester
procedure, surgical condition, height, weight, hematocrit and platelet pre-count.
