36th DaY of AtTaChMent
I came work slightly earlier as usual to put preventive maintenance for the terumo pumps which are infusion and syringe pumps. I have 21 pumps to do for this month and more than half is from SICU (Surgery Intensive Care Unit) . For them, the pumps are very critical as a patient requires at least 2 or 3 pumps at a time which depends on how critical the case is. The first thing that i do once i reached the workplace is to go to the ward to get 2 pumps at 1 time.
Around 9:30am, a vendor gave us a hour training of the blood analyzer which able to measure the amount of gas such as pCO2 and pO2 and electrolytes such as Ca+2 . Firstly, he started telling us the common problem is the slot, that usually nurses will slot the cartridge into, will wear and tear due the placing and removing cartridge. He demostrate the correct method of removing the slot, doing calibration and temperature test and placing the roll of paper into the printer. IRMA's blood anaylzer is better as it is not only portable , you can print the data instantly. The blood test has to be done immediately after it is drawn from the patient. If you want to make sure the readings that you get from the analyzer is accurate, you have to do it on the analyzer and also with a lab techician doing the test at the same time. The duration of blood placing on table increases, the readings will differs each minute you delay. Secondly, the cartridge can be kept at the room temperature environment for 6 months. The nurses have to undergo the training how to carry out the blood test on the analyzer. Lastly, there are sensors in the cartridge in order for the device to detect the sample. We have to press the syringe down quickly in order to remove the gel that is covering the sensors.
After the whole day, i am only able to do 4 syringe pumps as the rest of the pumps are being used by the patients. i got to see STC 527 which looks quite similar to STC 523 but the only main different is that STC 527 able to count the amount of fluid is pumped into the patient.
Around 9:30am, a vendor gave us a hour training of the blood analyzer which able to measure the amount of gas such as pCO2 and pO2 and electrolytes such as Ca+2 . Firstly, he started telling us the common problem is the slot, that usually nurses will slot the cartridge into, will wear and tear due the placing and removing cartridge. He demostrate the correct method of removing the slot, doing calibration and temperature test and placing the roll of paper into the printer. IRMA's blood anaylzer is better as it is not only portable , you can print the data instantly. The blood test has to be done immediately after it is drawn from the patient. If you want to make sure the readings that you get from the analyzer is accurate, you have to do it on the analyzer and also with a lab techician doing the test at the same time. The duration of blood placing on table increases, the readings will differs each minute you delay. Secondly, the cartridge can be kept at the room temperature environment for 6 months. The nurses have to undergo the training how to carry out the blood test on the analyzer. Lastly, there are sensors in the cartridge in order for the device to detect the sample. We have to press the syringe down quickly in order to remove the gel that is covering the sensors.
After the whole day, i am only able to do 4 syringe pumps as the rest of the pumps are being used by the patients. i got to see STC 527 which looks quite similar to STC 523 but the only main different is that STC 527 able to count the amount of fluid is pumped into the patient.
posted by Michelle Tham @ 6:48 AM
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