Re: Do you use 2 Bags of NS or 1? Originally Posted by Lacie 
We were cut down to limit total use per tx to only 1.1L per pt. Uf was turned off during recirc and to dump the prime only till the blood hit the venous chamber. Bags not changed out unless run dry. Flushes drawn from same bag and even told to reuse the needle from the heparin draws to do (our syringes didnt come with needles). If no heparin then we broke the line to draw. EEK! Kind of difficult to do with the old cobes. We used dry packs (thank goodness). Seen too many renalin reactions due to improper priming and people in too big of a hurry to get pts on in reuse. Cost cutting has become dangerous. Maybe one day medical facilities will be non profit lol (prays) so maybe pts will come first in lieu of those ceo bonuses or 3 day academy drunk fest.
We DO NOT bleed on. Very dangerous. I saw a patient almost exsangiated (sp) in Cali. Not only sterilant reactions but wrong dialyzer for the patient.
Please don't be disillusioned by non-profit. Many N-P's make lots of money and so do their CEO's. They claim they need the added $$$$ for building improvement. Remember if the higher ups don't get an increase you surely won't either.
We don't recirc as there is nothing in the poly dialyzers to recirc. We do keep our system running to prevent stagnation.
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