5 months of attachment

Thursday, April 27, 2006

33rd DaY of AtTaChMenT

In the morning............
Went to clinic C which is the eye clinic to collect a desktop and a mitsubishi monitor that the doctors did not use it before. Therefore, we are bringing it to our workplace and figuring how to use the software that is in the system. I shall try to understand the usage of it while reading the manual and operating it.

Troubleshooting the infusion pump STC-508 after charging it overnight to make sure there is really no problem. I have learnt something or can i say i found out by accident? After i finished with the occlusion test, i switched the pump off and on again but careless of me forgot to restart the occlusion test before switching it on. Restarting the occlusion test which means releasing the pressure that accumulated at the end of tubing connected to the infusion device analyzer. i believe that the error 4 is indicated as the self-check of the device concluded that the occlusion detection circuit is defective due to the accumlated pressure for this case. I am not sure whether what i have said is right but it is what i learn from my own. May be i should try to ask Mr Sin tomorrow for better understanding.

In the Afternoon..................
I took 2 Intermitten Suction Unit (ISU) from the "Awaiting Repair" cabinet. The same problem that lies with both of them is there is no vacuum during suction. The first thing that came to our mind is try to clean the internal parts of the devices as we suspected there is a blockage somewhere so by cleaning will remove the dirt from blocking the delivery of vacuum. After doing that, the problem still exist. While we inspecting the device, we found out there is a thick layer of dirt stuck at the external filter that prevents vacuum from flowing and the gauge is faulty as the arrow unable to point to -120 mmHg that we set so we replaced it. One device solved another one to go. We did the same for the other ISU. However, some unknown problems appearing. The gauge is unable to reach the desired pressure that we set when it is on for the intermitten mode. We try to change the parts one by one to see where the problem is. I was out of my wits so i asked Lee Chong so he asked me to try adjusting the flow control valve. After spending an hour or more, i still unable to solve the problem. Therefore i have to stop and try it again as there is a foul smell from the aspirator that i used. May be it is an indication that i should do something else and try it again tomorrow.

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