Description of Event or Problem · 1
UPON ARRIVAL TO THE PEDS INPATIENT UNIT, THE INSTRUMENT WAS PRIMED AND CONNECTED TO THE PATIENT. VSS. (NO ALARMS WERE NOTED DURING PRIME.) AT 210 WHOLE BLOOD (WB) ALARM #18, SYSTEM PRESSURE WAS NOTED. AFTER FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE INSTRUMENT, THE TREATMENT BEGAN DRAWING AGAIN. AT APPROX 510 ML WB, ALARM #46 ACCELEROMETER SYSTEM ALARM WAS NOTED. I MUTED THE INSTRUMENT, AND CHECKED ALL CONNECTIONS. I CONTACTED THERAKOS FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION. DUE TO THE LBW OF THE PATIENT, WE DECIDED BEST TO TREAT THE CELLS WE HAD COLLECTED. AFTER REPURGING THE INSTRUMENT AGAIN, A SECOND ALARM WAS NOTED, AGAIN ALARM #46, ACCELEROMETER SYSTEM ALARM AT 635 ML WB. THE TREATMENT WAS THEN ENDED; THE BLOOD IN THE KIT AND CENTRIFUGE BOWL WAS RETURNED TO THE PATIENT, NO BLOOD WAS LOST.WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENDED PROCEDURE?ECP TREATMENT.DEVICE #1IS THIS A LABORATORY DEVICE OR LABORATORY TEST?NO.