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Post by briancanufixthis on Mar 17, 2022 15:39:46 GMT
Can we start a thread where the terms used to describe what is wrong with the machine by the techs can be translated to the biomed?
I will start,
"The knob on the front of the machine will not turn"
This means The Blood Pump rotor is not turning.
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Post by Biomed Newb on Mar 17, 2022 16:51:22 GMT
I was a PCT for 23 years, with some experience working on 2008H and 2008K machines. Is it possible you still have 2008H machines in your clinic, with the blood pump knob?  |
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Post by Sheepdog1 on Mar 17, 2022 17:48:09 GMT
machines broken !
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Post by dave74 on Mar 17, 2022 19:02:20 GMT
The thingy on the front of the machine is leaking.
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Post by t1spike on Mar 17, 2022 22:56:56 GMT
how about 24 volt battery or 5v battery ,and my favorite the O2 concentrator is out of air
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Post by stuff on Mar 22, 2022 11:20:56 GMT
Its all online = BS for not done
Where are last months logs?
Its all online
Where?
ON LINE
Yea I heard you but where online?
*radio silence*
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Post by gfreely on Mar 22, 2022 18:59:30 GMT
My fave has to be from my Phoenix days...
"Low on gas" (READ: "Low Flow In Degasser") |
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Post by Grambrita on Apr 11, 2022 20:36:02 GMT
PCT "That thingy, on the thing isn't doing its thing"
Biomed "huh..."
PCT "yeah you know. The thing"
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Post by mtw2 on Apr 12, 2022 12:58:17 GMT
* Machine will not turn on, battery replaced.
* That connector where the fluid comes out of.
* Conductivity will not come down, valves jumping all over the place.
* Air detector failed 2x, Level detector 3x fail.
* Low conductivity, will not go into test.
These are a few of my favorites that appeared on repair request forms.
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Post by Breakfast on Apr 12, 2022 20:00:23 GMT
I think some of us could write a book about the hieroglyphics they use to communicate with us. Some recent ones were "machine leak from the pipe tube" (water coming from the vent tube), "24 volt went out" (24 volt low alarm), and "mech had pump stop working" (A11 blood pump code).
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Post by asmitty on Apr 12, 2022 23:23:22 GMT
PCT ripped the front screen off a T machine. found it in my office the next morning with the screen laying in the floor. Repair form "Screen falled in the floor". She tried to put it back on with plastic medical tape.
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Post by biomed on Apr 15, 2022 17:43:10 GMT
PCT: Machine said 24V low so I changed the 9V battery, but it's still saying 24V low?
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Post by Breakfast on Apr 22, 2022 13:18:11 GMT
PCT: Machine said 24V low so I changed the 9V battery, but it's still saying 24V low? I wish I could get mine to change the 9V battery. Every time a machine is pulled for that (not often, maybe once a year per clinic) I explain to them that they could have saved themselves the trouble of pulling the machine, bringing the new machine up in condo, setting up the new machine, etc. They typically just look at me like a calf looking at a new gate. The other time waster is when they pull a machine for "No 8mm in Low Volume". I tell them all they need to do is turn Low Volume off with the same result as above. |
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Post by gnurk on Apr 25, 2022 13:01:27 GMT
they all need to read the operators manuel
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Post by Breakfast on Apr 26, 2022 15:21:34 GMT
they all need to read the operators manuel I was a PCT for a long time before moving into Biomed full time about 20 years ago. When we would have a problem with a machine we always looked it up in the operator's manual before calling the biomed, unless it was something we knew we couldn't fix like a major leak coming from inside the machine. I try to explain to my group of Neanderthals that they could occasionally save themselves a lot of time and trouble if they'd just look up the problem first but they're set in their ways. |
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