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Complete these instructions to nurses for operating a hemodialysis machine. Use the verbs
in the table.

1. Ensure hygiene and ____________________ all surfaces before you start.
2. ____________________ the machine with two full bottles of dialysate fluid.
3. ____________________ the machine to a mains socket.
4. ____________________ the machine by pressing the red on/off button.
5. ____________________ the exit and the entry tubes with the patient’s catheters.

6. Use the touch screen to ____________________ the machine’s cycle correctly.
7. When you set the timer, the orange light will ____________________ and off.
8. The alarm buzzer will ____________________ if there is a problem.
9. The machine will ____________________ automatically when the cycle ends.
10. At the end of the cycle ____________________ the tubes from the catheters.

11. Using the touch screen, ____________________ to ‘IDLE’.
12. ____________________ the machine ____________________ from ‘FUNCTIONING’ to ‘IDLE’ by
pressing the ‘ENTER’ key.

Watch a video on kidney transplant surgery and complete
the flowchart below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

1. the lower abdomen skin, subcutaneous fat, muscles are ______________

2. the tonio space and inferior epigastric vessels are ______________

3. the retroperitoneal space is raised and held by ______________

4. the kidney is ______________ from cold storage

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