Machine Day Quiz

The extracorporeal circuit is (select all that apply):

• Dialyzer

• Arterial Bloodline

• Venous bloodline

• Transducer protector

Dialysate is sterile.

• True

• False

How many small clamps are on the venous line?

• Six

• Fifty-nine

• Two

• Thirty-two

The machine has to be heat disinfected daily

• False

• True

The circuit is primed at what blood pump speed?

• 300

• 600

• 200

• 150

How much normal saline (NS) is primed in the ECC?

• 300 ml

• 250ml

• 900 ml

• 650 ml

What is another name for the dialysate connectors?

• Occluding clamps

• Those doohickies

• Hansens

• Fidelity

It's optional to test the machine with the venous line in the occluding clamp

• False

• True

Once alarm and pressure holding tests are completed, what is the next step?

• String the bloodlines

• Prime the machine

• Verify pH/conductivity with meter

• Start the patient's treatment

The extracorporeal circuit (ECC) is recirculated at what blood pump speed?

• 300-400

• 250

• 180

• 100