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Starting the Treatment
Check that the blood path has turned red on the screen and that
the treatment time is counting down. If not, check if the venous
blood line is properly placed in the priming detector.
1. Press the flashing blood pump button to restart the blood pump.
2. Adjust the blood flow rate using the +/- buttons above and below the
blood pump button.
Note: To adjust blood flow rate quickly, hold down the +/- buttons.
3. Press the flashing ultrafiltration button to start ultrafiltration.
4. Initiate blood pressure and activate the auto mode and interval
time.
5. Check the arterial and venous pressures.
Note: The alarm limits can be set manually by pressing the
pressure controls followed by "Close alarm limits".
Note: If the alarm limits are not set manually, the arterial and
venous pressure alarm limits are automatically centralized
around the actual values after the preset time.
6. Check that the venous drip chamber is filled to the correct level and
that the clamp of the short line above the drip chamber is closed.
Turn the dialyzer to treatment position if not already done so.
Connect patient mode can only be entered if the correct
conductivity has been achieved (dialysate line is green).
If Connect patient is pressed immediately following CSBM
deactivation, the message “Incorrect dialysate composition,
check dialysate. To close message, press Confirm” may appear.
Wait to stop the blood pump until the dialysate line on the
operators panel is green.
Press Connect patient and continue connecting the patient.
Connect Patient After Concentrate Standby Mode (CSBM)
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