Hi All
conclusion of the meeting with B-Braun concerning the problems with infusing blood: the problems start when the second unit of blood is infused because the blood is taken out of the fridge and the infusion is started within a few minutes, this means initially that cold blood is pumped throught the set, as the blood travels throught the set it warms and then expands and thus release any air trapped when the blood was refridgerated.the pumps senses this air and if it sees more than 0.95 micro litres in a 15 minute period it will alarm accumalated air.the ie regs state that the accumalative air alarm has a maximum of 1 milli litre per 15 minutes(4 milli litres per hour). we have been told to reset the pump after every unit of blood, this will clear the accumalated air.we are going to implement this and i will let you know the outcome.
does anybody out there use a different manufactuer of pump with an accumalative air alarm have the same problems with blood or tpn?
regards
richard
