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Slide 2 Precooling: 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.nowww.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.nowww.medco.no Slide 3 Keep the lid on while you are keeping the cooling elements in the transport box Slide 4 Remove the protection wrapping ("bubble plastic"). The Peal bag shall be marked with a red sterilization mark, and batch no. Slide 5 The O.T. nurse takes the sterile kidney container out of the sterile bag. Slide 6 Remove the plastic bag from the lid Slide 7 Slide 8 It is highly recommended that you wrap the heart in a wet sterile compress before placing it in the heart fixture. Slide 9 Wrap the heart in wet sterile Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Press down the lid until it touches the heart, and keep it in the right position Slide 15 When the wrapped heart has been placed in the inner container, fill it to the brim with your cold perfusion fluid. Slide 16 Tighten the lid firmly and dry off any liquid on the surface of the inner container. Slide 17 Place the inner container with the heart into the outer protection box, and snap the lid shut. Slide 18 Slide 19 Slide 20 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. Slide 21 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 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 Slide 25 Slide 26 Slide 27