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Chapter 5, General Operation: Cell Salvage
P/N 120745-IE, Manual revision: AA
Haemonetics
®
Cell Saver
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Elite
®
User Manual
Performing the Postoperative Cell Salvage Procedure
Postoperative processing runs completely automatically. The Cell Saver Elite
device generates the suction in the reservoir. The device begins the processing
cycles when an appropriate amount of blood solution collects in the reservoir.
You have the option to anticoagulate postoperative drainage blood. Post-op
suction provides a variable suction level with a default level of 75 mmHg. You
may set the suction to the following levels:
25 mmHg
50 mmHg
75 mmHg
100 mmHg
Off
Post-op suction utilizes periodic suction relief. Suction runs at the selected
suction level for 10 minutes, is relieved for 1 minute, and then returns to the
selected suction level for another 10 minutes. This cycle repeats continuously
throughout post-op operation.
Note: Intraoperative suction levels on the Cell Saver Elite device are not
intended to be used for postoperative wound drainage, which you should not
expose to suction levels greater than 100mmHg.
Warning: Postoperative suction on the Cell Saver Elite device is not intended
to be used for chest (pleural or mediastinal) wound drainage.
The device retains procedure data while it is powered down for transport from
the operating room to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). When the device
is powered back on, it asks you to choose to either continue the current
procedure or to end the procedure and begin a new procedure.
Post-Op Set
The post-op set is used to collect blood postoperatively from wound drain
tubing placed into the wound while the patient is in the operating room.
Figure 46, Example of a post-op set
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5.
1. Reservoir connection
2. Connection spike
3. Post-op line
4. “Metec” reservoir
adaptor
5. Anticoagulant port
6. Wound drain connectors
