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Chapter 5, General Operation: Cell Salvage
P/N 120745-IE, Manual revision: AA
Haemonetics
®
Cell Saver
®
Elite
®
User Manual
2. Touch
On
to confirm.
During Emergency mode the device processes blood continuously at high
speeds through the Fill, Wash, and Empty phases until the air detector senses
air for the first time in the Fill phase, indicating that the reservoir is empty. The
device then reverts to the previous settings group and enters Standby.
Processing a
Partial Bowl
If it is necessary to process blood before a full bowl has been collected, the
user can wash a partial bowl by manually starting the Wash phase.
Blood processed using a partial bowl will have a lower hematocrit than blood
processed using a normal full bowl. Because the hematocrit of the bowl
contents is lower, there is more supernatant in the bowl. In order to dilute the
larger volume of supernatant, a partial bowl should use two times the normal
saline solution.
If the user chooses to wash a partial bowl, the device either automatically
doubles the wash volume, uses the default wash volume, or provides an option
to double the wash volume, as determined by the Partial Bowl Wash setting.
(See
“Modifiable Settings” on page 126
for more information.)
Monitoring the
Waste Bag
During the procedure, the device monitors the amount of fluid collected in the
waste bag and alerts the user to change the bag or drain the contents of the
bag when it is almost full.
When emptying the waste bag, do not allow the fluid level in the bag to fall
below the 1 liter mark. This ensures that sufficient air is retained in the system
to empty the bowl. Make sure that the bowl is empty before replacing the waste
bag.
Emptying the Waste Bag
Drain the waste fluid into an empty container for discard.
Caution:
Unless the bowl is completely empty, keep fluid level in the waste bag
ABOVE the 1 liter mark on the waste bag. This prevents air loss.
Changing the Waste Bag
To prevent air loss, change the waste bag ONLY when the bowl is empty.
Follow the steps below to change the waste bag:
1. Touch
(
Pause
) to pause the procedure.
2. Remove the full waste bag.
3. Install a new waste bag.
4. Touch
(
Play
) to resume the procedure.
