*User manuals for untrimmed kidney 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 untrimmed liver

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 inner container

*Take out the inner container

*Take ot the discs

*Put the kidney in the innercontainer

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

*Put the kidney into the innercontainer

Wrap the heart in wet sterile

*Put the kidney into the innercontainer

Wrap the heart in wet sterile

*Put the kidney into the innercontainer

Put the kidney in the bottom in the innercontainer

*Put the kidney into the innercontainer

Fill up with discs to the top

*Fill up with your cold perfusion

When the wrapped kidney has been placed in the inner container, with the discs fill it to the brim with your cold perfusion fluid. Fill up with your cold perfusion to the disc on the top floats higher than the edge of the inner container

*Tighten the lid

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

*Place the inner container into the outer protection box

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

* Snap the lid shut.

*Now place it immediately in the MEDCO cooling box or in a fridge to store until transplantation.

Here you see the transport box ready to be closed, with kidney container , vessel container, cooling elements.

In the room to the left, paper and blood samples.

*Slide the sterile inner container carefully 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.

*Slide the sterile inner container carefully into the sterile environment.

*Remove the screw lid

*Remowe the screw lid

*Remove the discs

*Grip the compress and pull out the kidney.

*Grip the compress and pull out the kidney.

*Grip the compress and pull out the kidney.