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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis - NxStage Users => Topic started by: Adam_W on September 01, 2009, 05:41:12 PM

Title: Oops!
Post by: Adam_W on September 01, 2009, 05:41:12 PM

Here's what happens when you forget to remove the waste line from the saline bag, and then get distracted by other stuff. I'm glad we caught it before the saline bag exploded!

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Post by: monrein on September 01, 2009, 05:48:16 PM

Amazing Adam.  Obese saline.

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Post by: del on September 01, 2009, 05:54:19 PM

We have forgot too Adam W but it didn't get that big!!  Only 2 bags of saline - which is 200ml can run in our drain bag.  We use fresenius not nxstage. 

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Post by: Rerun on September 01, 2009, 05:58:24 PM

HA  You could actually read the fine print!

                                             :rofl;

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Post by: willowtreewren on September 01, 2009, 06:06:33 PM

Good thing you caught it! LOL! I have heard of some folks who didn't and what a mess when it exploded!

Aleta

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Post by: Wenchie58 on September 01, 2009, 06:14:35 PM

Wow.....the POP wouldn't have been pretty.

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Post by: YLGuy on September 01, 2009, 06:16:48 PM

Suddenly I have the urge to have a water balloon fight with my kids.

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Post by: cev on September 17, 2009, 03:10:32 PM

Hi Adam,
We did this so many times, either forgot to hook up the drain or disconnected and re-hooked to the saline bag.  the way I stopped it was to put a needle cap on the yellow line when i disconnect the same as I do when I disconnect the red & blue lines.  I know these lines are clamped and nothing can contaminate them but I feel better with a cap on them also.

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Post by: okarol on September 17, 2009, 03:54:48 PM

That's a great photo!

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Post by: Roadrunner on September 25, 2009, 07:45:44 AM

I could have had that but with blood instead.  I don't know how it happened but I left the two white saline clamps open, started treatment and was adjusting my husbands lines.  I looked up and the saline bag was empty and I saw blood going up the line to the bag.  Luckily I caught it just as it was entering the bag.  I don't know what would have happened if I had left the room when I started the cycler.  Needless to say my husband didn't take off any fluids that treatment.  We can only take off 2.1 or he cramps.  He got 1/2 bag of saline and he had fluids to remove before we started.

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Post by: M3Riddler on October 01, 2009, 09:03:57 PM

Adam,

I have actually done that myself with almost blowing up the saline bag. Luckily we caught it before it exploaded. It was a close call!!!!!

///M3R

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Post by: Patsy on October 08, 2009, 11:18:25 AM

How did you recover from this error without dialysate contamination during rinseback ?????

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Post by: Wallyz on October 08, 2009, 10:04:34 PM

Just keep the white clamps clamped, and switch bags.  I had this problem once and switched white lines from an unused cartridge to keep everything clean.

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Post by: jbeany on October 12, 2009, 03:29:09 PM

Been there, done that!  Amazing how far the plastic will stretch, isn't it?

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Post by: kitkatz on October 24, 2009, 07:49:12 PM

Almost Kaboom there!