Troubleshooting - Fresenius Medical Care 2008K Operator's Manual

Table 32 – Control Panel Indicator Lights
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Water/Dialysate Alarms
During a water/dialysate alarm (temperature or conductivity), the blood system continues to
operate, but the dialysate fluid is internally bypassed around the dialyzer. This can be
verified by visually inspecting the flow meter in the dialysate supply line. During bypass, the
float will remain stationary at the bottom of the sight glass. Any time the machine is in
bypass, the bypass indicator light is illuminated.
A flow alarm will not cause the machine to go into bypass. Water/dialysate alarms are self-
resetting when the alarm condition is corrected. Temperature and conductivity alarms do not
occur during the pure UF mode of Sequential dialysis when there is no dialysate flow.
Other Alarms
Other alarms may be associated with other components, such as the Heparin or UF pumps,
BPM, BVM, BTM, etc.

Troubleshooting

All status messages (operational alarms, warnings, dialogues, and advisories) are displayed
on the control panel screen. These messages are generated due to conditions and events that
occur in the machine during operation. These messages will reset when the condition causing
the message is corrected. In some cases, the operator must reset them.
The table following this section is indexed by Status Box message. The table consists of four
columns:

Status Box Message

Message Purpose

Message Type

Action Required
2008K Hemodialysis Machine Operator's Manual Rev P
Means...
Level deficiency has been detected in the venous drip chamber.
A minor blood leak (approximately 0.35 - 0.45 ml/min) or air has
been detected by the blood leak detector in the dialysate return line.
A larger blood leak (> 0.45 ml/min) has been detected by the blood
leak detector in the dialysate return line.
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