Description of Event or Problem · 1
BEGAN ECP VIA RED & BLUE LUMENS OF PATIENT'S NEOSTAR CVC USING CELLEX INSTRUMENT AND CELLEX KIT LOT # B330/396. NOTED FINE "CHAMPAGNE" AIR BUBBLES IN COLLECT LINE BEGINNING AT LUER CONNECTION. SWITCHED COLLECT LINE TO BLUE LUMEN & RETURN LINE TO RED LUMEN WITH NO IMPROVEMENT; SWITCHED LINES BACK TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION WITH NO IMPROVEMENT AND HAD #18 SYSTEM PRESSURE ALARM. MUCH AIR NOTED IN COLLECT LINE. CLAMPED COLLECT LINE, SELECTED "END TREATMENT" OPTION & RETURNED BLOOD PRODUCTS BACK TO PATIENT. CONFERRED WITH THERAKOS TECH SUPPORT WHO PROVIDED RGA # AND WILL CREDIT KIT. A NEW KIT WAS PRIMED ON A DIFFERENT CELLEX & ECP PROCEEDED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. PATIENT ALSO STATED HER LOVENOX WAS NOT HELD THIS AM, AS IS USUAL ON ECP DAYS. BMT PA WAS PRESENT & AWARE OF ALL OF THE ABOVE & GAVE OK TO PROCEED WITH ECP. SHE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH PATIENT'S REHAB FACILITY TO HOLD LOVENOX ON FUTURE ECP DAYS. PATIENT TOLERATED WELL, NO BLOOD LOSS, NO INJURY.