KCI PREVENA PLUS, Instructions For Use Manual

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DURATION OF PREVENA PLUS™ THERAPY
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Therapy should be continuous for a minimum of two days up to a maximum of seven days.
NOTE: The PREVENA PLUS™ 125 Therapy Unit will automatically time-out after seven
days of therapy.
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Patients should be instructed to contact their treating physician and not to turn therapy off
unless:
º advised by the treating physician
º bleeding develops suddenly or in large amounts during therapy
º there are signs of allergic reaction or infection
º the canister is full of fluid
º system alerts must be addressed
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Patient should be instructed to contact the treating physician if therapy unit turns off and
cannot be restarted before therapy is scheduled to end, or if canister becomes full of fluid.
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At end of therapy, patient should return to treating physician for dressing removal.
ALERTS
Audible Alerts - All audible alerts will sound two beeps, escalating and repeating every 15 seconds,
which will increase in volume through four cycles. The fourth cycle will produce the loudest audible
beep and will repeat until the alert condition is corrected.
Alert Mute Button - Press and hold center of the Alert Mute button
for three seconds during an alert condition to silence the audible
alert for two minutes. When pressed, the Alert Mute button will
illuminate to indicate mute has been selected. The alert will re-occur
after two minutes unless the alert condition has been corrected.