Overview - Gambro Cobe Spectra Essentials Manual

Helpful Hints and Recovery Procedures

Overview

This chapter contains information useful for performing Spectra system
apheresis procedures. The procedural guides also contain hints and
recovery information specific to the apheresis procedures described in
the guide. Table 11-1 outlines where to find the information in the
guides.
Table 11-1: Hints and recovery information: Where to find
Therapeutic Apheresis Guide:
11-2
TPE procedure
RBCX procedure
WBC Depletion and LPE procedures
"Administering Extra Replacement Fluid During Rinseback" on page 2-32
"Changing Replacement Fluid" on page 2-27
"Giving a Bolus of Replacement Fluid" on page 2-31
"Leaving the Patient Hypovolemic, Isovolemic or Hypervolemic by a Prescribed Volume" on
page 2-29
"Using Heparin Instead of ACD-A" on page 2-28
"Viewing or Changing the Fluid Balance" on page 2-27
"Converting a Dual-Needle Procedure to a Single-Needle Procedure" on page 2-22
"Preventing Red Blood Cell Accumulation and Performing Manual Recovery" on page 2-32
"Alarms and Troubleshooting" on page 3-13
"Calculating the Desired FCR From a Known Hemoglobin S (HgB S) Level" on page 4-17
"Establishing the Optimum Interface" on page 6-19
"Correcting WBC Procedure Type" on page 6-20
®
COBE Spectra™ Apheresis System • Essentials Guide