Prime Pump; Auto Priming; Hold-To-Prime; Feed-Only Pump Sets - Covidien Kangaroo Joey Manual De Instrucciones

The display should read SET LOADED and will show one of the following opening menus, depending on the type of pump set
detected, and whether continuous or intermittent feeding mode has been selected.
Figure 7A. Opening menu for
Continuous Feed mode
with a feed-only set.

Prime Pump

The Kangaroo™ Joey enteral feed and flush pump with pole clamp may be primed automatically with a single button push, including
the flushing line if a feed & flush set is loaded. The pump can also be primed in a more interactive method using the hold-to-
prime feature. The flow rate for priming, whether Auto Prime or Hold-to-Prime, is 1960 ml/hr (32.7 mL/minute). Note: During
priming the Flow Error alarm is disabled.
After a pump set has been loaded and the status line shows SET LOADED, press
7A-7D) to get one of the PRIME PUMP menus shown in Figures 8A and 8B.
Figure 8A. PRIME PUMP menu for
feed-only set.

Auto Priming

The AUTO PRIME option will be available if the pump senses that the currently installed pump set was not previously primed, and
that there is no fluid in the line near the rotor. If auto-priming is desired, press and release
the line(s). For feed & flush pump sets, the auto prime feature will automatically prime both lines, starting with the flush line.
Press STOP to cancel AUTO PRIME.
When auto-priming is completed, the status line will show AUTO PRIME COMPLETE and will no longer show the AUTO PRIME
option. Be sure that the line(s) are fully primed. If not, use the hold-to-prime option(s) to complete the priming, as described below.

Hold-to-Prime

The hold-to-prime options allow for precise interactive control of the priming process.

Feed-Only Pump Sets

For feed-only pump sets, the screen will appear as in Figure 8A. Press and hold
been primed down to the stepped end connector at the end of the pump set.
Kangaroo™ Joey Enteral Feed and Flush Pump with Pole Clamp
Figure 7B. Opening menu for
Continuous Feed mode
with a feed & flush set.
Figure 8B. PRIME PUMP menu for
feed & flush set.
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Figure 7C. Opening menu for
Intermittent Feed mode
with a feed-only set.
PRIME PUMP in the opening menu (Figures
AUTO PRIME to automatically prime
HOLD TO PRIME FEED until the feed line has
Figure 7D. Opening menu for
Intermittent Feed mode
with a feed & flush set.
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