8. Alarms and Troubleshooting Guide
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B. HEATING ALARMS:
ALARM MESSAGE POSSIBLE CAUSE SYSTEM RESPONSE
OPERATOR ACTION
HEATING FAULT
“CHECK TEMPERATURE
PROBE WINDOWS FOR
BLOCKAGE. CLEAN
WINDOWS IF
NECESSARY. PRESS
RETRY TO CLEAR.
TURN OFF POWER AND
SERVICE MACHINE IF
ERROR PERSISTS”
Wet, dirty or blocked
disposable set windows.
Wet, dirty or blocked
temperature probe (IR).
Temperature probes
failure.
Heater fault
Stop pumping and
heating. Sound alarm
and display message.
Valve in the
recirculate position.
Check disposable set and flow path for occlusions. Make certain the
windows on the disposable set and the temperature probes are clean and
dry and free from contaminates. Clean surfaces with moistened soft cloth if
necessary. Dry off surfaces before continuing.
Replace disposable set, if clogged.
Press RETRY to continue.
Power down the system and remove temperature probes (clean and dry) if
error persists.
OVER TEMPERATURE
“OVER
TEMPERATURE.
TURN OFF POWER.
DISCARD BLOOD
AND DISPOSABLE.
RESTART SYSTEM
WITH A NEW
DISPOSABLE.
SERVICE MACHINE IF
PROBLEM
PERSISTS.”
Fluid supply is over the
temperature limit, ∃ 42ΕC
Temperature probes are
wet, dirty, or blocked.
Restricted flow or out of
fluid.
Stop pumping and
heating. Sound alarm
and display message.
Valve in the
recirculate position.
Check disposable set and flow path for occlusions. Make certain the
windows on the disposable set and the temperature probes are clean and
dry and free from contaminates. Clean surfaces with moistened soft cloth if
necessary. Dry off surfaces before continuing.
Make sure bag clamps are open and flow is unimpeded. Make sure that the
filter is not clogged. Add more fluid, if fluid out.
Clamp off the bag spikes and patient line and remove disposable. Power
down and restart system with a new disposable. Power down the system
and remove temperature probes (clean and dry) if error persists.
WARNING!
Do not infuse blood that is in the disposable set when over temperature
condition occurs. Red cells that have been subjected to high temperature
may not be safe to infuse.
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