Type; Action Required - Fresenius Medical Care 2008T Operator's Manual

Chapter 6—Alarms and Troubleshooting

Type

The Type column identifies the message as an alarm, a warning, a dialog, or an advisory. An
alarm message requires immediate attention. It is accompanied by a visual indicator and an
audible alarm sound. A warning message notifies the user of an existing condition. It could
be accompanied by an audible alarm. An advisory message prompts the operator to take a
specific action in a procedure or informs the operator that a particular machine operation is in
progress. Many advisories require no action on the part of the operator.

Action Required

The Action Required column provides recommended actions in response to a given Status
Box message. In addition, your unit might require other patient-specific treatment actions
that are not listed here. It is each care unit's responsibility to ensure that their operators are
made aware of the unit's protocol in these matters.
If performing the recommended action does not clear the Status Box message displayed,
treatment should be discontinued until the conditions causing the message are corrected and
the message cleared. In rare cases, it may be necessary to turn the machine off and back on to
clear an error condition. If problems persist, the machine should be referred to a qualified
technician for inspection.
Warning! Performing the recommended action may or may not clear the alarm, warning or
advisory messages displayed. Patient treatment shall not proceed until the conditions
causing these messages are corrected and the messages cleared. If a machine must be taken
out of service, the operator should return the blood to the patient if possible and disconnect
the patient from the machine. Follow unit protocol to rinse back the blood using the blood
pump or see "Manually Operating the Blood Pump" on page 129 for more information.
Note: Recommendations to take a machine out of service refer to assuring that the machine
is not used for patient treatment until conditions causing alarms and warnings are resolved.
Specific operator action in these cases is to refer the machine, and its associated problems,
to a qualified local technician for inspection, testing, and troubleshooting.
Note: There are alarm messages that may be similar. Please take care that you read
appropriate message to determine the "Action required" for troubleshooting.
Note: The on-screen cursor will disappear if not moved for five seconds. Simply touch the
Touchpad to display the cursor again when needed. It also disappears when a value is
entered but not yet confirmed. If necessary, press the Escape key to display the cursor
again.
Note: If the 2008T hemodialysis machine becomes unresponsive (locks-up or 'freezes') or if
the display screen unexpectedly turns off, turn off the machine by pressing and holding the
Power key for two seconds. Press the Power key again to restart the machine.
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