No more drainboard on the H or K machines,
just read from the e-mail they will start removing this due to patient safety
check with your clinic managers and technical managers
FYI

We were going to take our's off months ago because of patient safety and go back to the white buckets. Then poof was told not too and havn't heard anything about it again in 3 months. What email you receive about this?

What is the safety concern? Thanks.

Just got the email. Yup there doing it by business units. Safety concerns were if the procedures were not followed correctly with the drain boards cross-contamination can occur. I think they were a pain anyway. Isnt there something built in the K's that all you do is a push a button and it will drain saline...ect. But there was an infridgement or something??

I think the safety concern was that the biohazard waste in the lines did not always go down the drain board funnel like it was suppose to. The e-mail said that the replacement would be gradual and by business unit when a alternative plan was decided upon. Can't wait to find out what that may be.

Could anyone please clarify what a drain board is and what it looks like. I have been working with both Fresenius K and H machines and have never heard of a drain board. Let me know where I can get the e-mail. Thanks

Hey Canada Tech, I believe that the drain board is the product installed on the side nearest the dialyer, and this in turn would allow the patient care after reinfusing the blood, to finish and run all excess to the drain, helping to cut cost and biohazard waste poundage. It has a funnel shaped device at the top and tubing that runs to a turn valve which then goes to the drain line on the H or K machine, therefore all going down the drain..Hope this helps...

Thanks dhohunter1. Is there a part number for this. I am very curious as to what it looks like. I am surprised that I have never come across this here in Canada. Is this a stand alone unit or does it operate using Fresenius software. I can definitely see the potential issue of cross contamination but I can also see a huge cost savings to a clinic's bio-hazardous waste disposal. It may be something for us to look into for cost savings in our unit. Thanks.

They were only available to Fresenius clinics. We tried to buy them, but Fresenius and our sales rep said no.

Hey Canada Tech, we have them on our units, but was told on 6/13/08, that we would start taking them off the machines, the cross contamination must be an issue, and if you guys can do with out, I would...Just a headache...For real...

We have recently got rid of them also in all our clinics. I need to order 7 or 8 of the white prime buckets now FMC is tellingus that the number for the buckets has been discontinued. anyone know anything about this. I called tech support and they said that it was a good number and our purchasing agent called to order them and they said not a good number. so now im left out to dry.

Stay away from the prime buckets. Again potential contamination of bloodlines. We used the fluid sample port on the H's way back until there was the potential problem of fluid backing up into the venous bloodline. Now we use a prime bag.

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