CAUTION: DO NOT place batteries in water or any other liquid.
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6.0 Living with the HeartWare
™
HVAD
™
System
6.4 Washing and Showering
Your clinician will let you wash your incisions after your wounds have healed. When
you wash, the controller, batteries and connectors must be protected from water
and you should take care so that water doesn’t run along the driveline into the
controller. The exit site should also be kept as dry as possible. Keeping the exit site dry
helps avoid infections.
Your clinician will decide if it is safe for you to shower. If your clinician gives you
permission to shower, you must use the HeartWare
®
Shower Bag to protect the
controller and batteries.
6.
The HeartWare
™
HVAD
™
System Steps to a successful dressing change reference is
available from your clinician.
WARNING! DO NOT shower until your clinician tells you it is safe to do so. If you receive
permission to shower, you must use the HeartWare
®
Shower Bag. If your hearing is impaired
and/or you cannot hear the controller alarms without the use of a hearing aid, make sure
your caregiver will be close by to hear alarms.
WARNING! DO NOT plug the controller into an AC wall outlet during showers; it should be
connected to two batteries.
WARNING! DO NOT take a bath or swim.
WARNING! DO NOT submerge any HeartWare
™
HVAD
™
System component in water.
WARNING! DO NOT allow water or other uids to enter the controller, power (AC/DC)
adapters, batteries, battery charger, or connectors. If this happens, contact your clinician.
For instructions on shower bag use, please see Section 6.5.
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