*User manuals for heart transport- and storing kit

*Take the cooling elements from an ordinary household freezer (-22C).Put the right number of cooling elements in the transport boxPrecooling:

You can put the cooling elements in the transport box when you leave the main hospital, and store them in the transport box approx. 0-4 hours before you put the boxes with the organ in the transport box. Keep the lid on the transport box all the time.

We recommend that the organs are stored in the transport box until they are used.

Se separate cooling diagram for pre cooling on www.medco.no

Cooling elements directly from the household freezer:

You can also take the cooling elements directly from the freezer (- 22C) while taking the organs into the transport box.

We recommend that the organs are stored in the transport box until they are used.

Se separate cooling diagram for pre cooling on www.medco.no

*Cooling elements in the transport box for heart

Keep the lid on while you are keeping the cooling elements in the transport box

*Keep the bag of buble plastic on until use

Remove the protection wrapping ("bubble plastic").

The Peal bag shall be marked with a red sterilization mark, and batch no.

*Peel open the sterilization bag with sterile technique

The O.T. nurse takes the sterile kidney container out of the sterile bag.

*Take out the lid from the heart fixture

Remove the plastic bag from the lid

*Heart containers redy for use on the back table

*Put the heart into the heart fixture

It is highly recommended that you wrap the heart in a wet sterile compress before placing it in the heart fixture.

*Put the heart into the heart fixture

Wrap the heart in wet sterile

*Put the heart into the heart fixture

Wrap the heart in wet sterile

*Put the heart into the heart fixture

Wrap the heart in wet sterile

*Put the heart into the heart fixture

Wrap the heart in wet sterile

*Put the heart into the heart fixture

Wrap the heart in wet sterile

*Press down the lid in the heart fixture.

Press down the lid until it touches the heart, and keep it in the right position

*Fill the inner container with perfusion fluid

When the wrapped heart has been placed in the inner container, fill it to the brim with your cold perfusion fluid.

*Turn on the lid

Tighten the lid firmly and dry off any liquid on the surface of the inner container.

*Place the inner container in the protection box

Place the inner container with the heart into the outer protection box, and snap the lid shut.

*Snap the lid shut

*Remember to write information about the organ in the container

*Transport box with heart container

Here you see the transport box ready to be closed, with heart container , vessel container, cooling elements, and in the room to left, paper and bloodsamples.

*Take carefully the sterile inner container into the sterile environment

When ready to transplant the kidney, take it out of the cooler. Then take off the snap lid and slide the sterile inner container carefully into the sterile environment.

*Open the srew lid

*Take out the heart fixture

*Open the heart fixture

*Open the lockers

*The heart fixsture is open

*The heart fixture is open