
After achieving your overall treatment goal or when terminating a procedure, the
pads should be purged prior to removing:
❚
Press the Stop Key .
❚
Press the Purge Key . The control unit will begin removing water from the pads .
This process will take approximately 2 minutes .
❚
The Purge Cycle will stop automatically when completed and display the water
level remaining in the reservoir . There will be a small amount of water remaining
in the pads .
❚
Disconnect the Thermal Pad from the Fluid Delivery Lines by pressing the metal
disengage tab on the connectors . Disconnect the patient probe from the Patient
Temperature probe adapter cable attached to the rear of the control unit .
❚
Carefully remove the Thermal Pads from the patient . (If the patient is going to
be reconnected, pads can remain in place .)
❚
Turn the On/Off Switch to the Off position .
Discard the pads according to hospital protocol for disposing of
contaminated material .
Note: If power is lost while the power switch is in the On position, the
KIMBERLY-CLARK* Patient Warming System M1000 Control Unit will issue an
audible warning until the switch is turned off. This alerts the user that treatment
has been accidentally stopped.
CAUTION: Carefully remove pads from the patient’s skin at the completion of use.
Aggressive removal of the pad or edge tape adhesive from the patient’s
skin may result in skin tears. Adhesive tape is included on certain
pad designs.
CAUTION: Do not allow residual water to contaminate the sterile field when
patient lines are disconnected.
It is sometimes necessary to move a patient or continue warming treatment post
surgery . To minimise water spillage, follow the protocol below before moving
a patient:
❚
Press the Purge Key . The control unit will begin removing water from the pads .
This process will take approximately 2 minutes .
❚
The Purge Cycle will stop automatically when completed and display the water
level remaining in the reservoir .
❚
Disconnect the Thermal Pad from the Fluid Delivery Lines by pressing the metal
disengage tab on the connectors . Disconnect the patient probe from the Patient
Temperature probe adapter cable attached to the rear of the control unit .
❚
The patient may then be moved with pads in place .
❚
To restart temperature management regimen, reconnect the pad lines and
temperature probe, then select appropriate mode to initiate cooling or warming .
Note: If the device is turned off, the settings will return to the default
settings when restarted unless new settings were saved as default settings.
3 .2 Completing a
Procedure
3 .3 Interrupting
Treatment
for Patient
Transport or
Relocation
Disengage Tab
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