Spectra Optia Apheresis System Operator’s Manual
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Mononuclear Cell (MNC) Collection Procedures
10
Monitoring the Patient
Managing Citrate Toxicity
If the patient experiences citrate toxicity, perform the following steps:
1
Touch the pause button to pause the pumps. An alarm occurs indicating that the procedure was paused and
the pumps were stopped.
2
Notify the attending physician of the patient’s condition according to your facility’s standard operating
procedures.
3
Touch the go back button and go to the run values screen and decrease the AC infusion rate as desired.
4
Touch the active alarm button to return to the alarm screen, and then touch
Continue
. The run values
screen appears.
5
Review the run values and confirm that they are correct.
6
Touch
Confirm
to resume the procedure.
7
If decreasing the AC infusion rate does not alleviate the symptoms, touch the pause button to pause the
pumps again, and notify the attending physician.
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