Staff was using the nxstage renal replacement therapy (rrt) cartridge to perform kidney dialysis on a patient in the intensive care unit, and while the nurse was in room caring for patient, she observed a blood clot going through a line that was returning blood back to the patient.She stopped the machine, documented the blood clot in the line, and contacted her charge nurse.The pump that was running the rrt cartridge did alarm prior to the clot being found, but the alarm was warning of the patient's blood pressure being high, not warning of any sort of malfunction.
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