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Chapter 5, General Operation: Cell Salvage
P/N 120745-IE, Manual revision: AA
Haemonetics
®
Cell Saver
®
Elite
®
User Manual
6. Pass the capped end of the post-op set out of the sterile field to the
reservoir.
Note: This connection may be made after the patient and device are present in
the PACU. If using a different device in the PACU, the patient data collected in
the OR will not be transferred to the second device.
7. Connect the anticoagulant bag to an administration set and connect the
administration set to the anticoagulant port on the post-op set.
8. Connect the post-op set to one of the three filtered inlet ports on the
reservoir.
9. Power on the device, if it is not already on.
10. Touch
Suction
on the touch screen and select
Post-Op
from the drop-
down list, or connect the reservoir to wall suction regulated to appropriate
post-op suction levels.
11. Set the appropriate suction level. (The default suction level is 75 mmHg.)
12. Open the post-op set clamp between the reservoir and the anticoagulant
port.
13. Open the roller clamp on the administration set attached to the
anticoagulant bag.
14. Prime the reservoir with approximately 200 mL of anticoagulant solution.
15. If you want to use the post-op set with anticoagulant, set the appropriate
anticoagulant drip rate; otherwise, close the roller clamp to the
anticoagulant bag.
16. Open the wound drain clamps once the wound is closed.
17. If processing is necessary, load the processing set. (See
.)
