Chapter 5, General Operation: Cell Salvage
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Cell Saver
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Elite
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User Manual
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Completing a Procedure
When a Cell Salvage procedure is complete, you can end the procedure by
touching
End Procedure
when available. Upon confirming that you want to
end the procedure, the
Records
screen displays the procedure record. If the
device detects there is still fluid in the bowl, it empties the bowl before marking
the procedure complete. If the fluid is clean cells, it empties the bowl to the blue
line; if the fluid is unwashed cells, it returns the fluid through the red line to the
reservoir. The device then pumps a small amount of air through the blue line to
flush any remaining blood in the line into the RBC bag. During this Empty
phase, a “Purging Blue Line” message appears in the message area. When the
blue line has been fully purged, a “Procedure Complete” message appears.
Remove the disposable set from the device and discard according to local
standard operating procedures for biohazardous material.
Figure 43, Expanded view of the “Procedure Complete” message
Note: To begin a new procedure, you must first power down the device and
power it back on.
Note: If you power down the device before fully purging the blue line, power the
device back on, choose to resume the procedure, and touch
End Procedure
.
This flushes the remaining blood in the blue line into the RBC bag.
Note: If the device is powered off without purging the blue line and is powered
on again within six hours with a processing set installed, the device prompts
