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Ensure to diagnose and rectify as soon as possible to avoid a fluid balance
management error. Often these alarms can be triggered by unbroken pins.
Always ensure pins are broken, at times they can seem broken, however if they
are not fully open the machine is unable to pull the fluid at the desired rate
and therefore an alarm is triggered, which will then trigger subsequent alarms.
Ensure to double check pins/clamps if any of these alarms are triggered to
ensure this is not the problem.
This can happen for various reasons, around 50% of these being access issues –
please speak to medical staff regarding any access problems. The OMNI cannot
run successfully if the access is poor. Several blood pump or therapy stops will
cause the OMNI to clot. Ensure not to press the ‘BLOOD PUMP’ and ‘THERAPY’
buttons on and off when in therapy. Ensure anticoagulation is appropriate.
The machine carries out tests every 24 hours during therapy, it will alarm and
flash, leave it to go through this process. If another alarm triggers during this
time, it may cause the tests to fail. Press reset alarm and allow the tests to
continue, this should resolve this issue. Please note that pressing the blood
pump icon off can block the 24 hour self test.
SOLUTION FLOW/PUMP FAILURE/FLOW PROBLEM
OMNI CLOTTING
SELF TESTS
COMMON TROUBLESHOOTING DURING THERAPY
