Wednesday, we continued trying to fix the dental unit we’ve been working with off and on the past few days. The sprayer just doesn’t want to work properly! We know there’s some type of pressure build up that’s stopping the water but it’s been super frustrating seeing such poor designs in alignment. After giving up on that yet again, we moved on to another problem in the lab. We had checked out the machine last Friday and finally had time to check it out. First off, the first thing we noticed was a leak in the pressurized cleaner container so that was our first step. One of the plastic rings to create the seal broke right off so our best solution was to start with some silicon and waited until Thursday to work on it more. We were then called into the new surgical theatre again for another piece of equipment: a huge autoclave. A fundi had recently re-wired two autoclave outlets in order to set up another autoclave which ended in one being connected wrong. We were sure right away that it was the power supply because the autoclave’s alarm sounded and a light next to “heater failure” was flashing. At the end of the day we also finally got to view that the hospital does indeed have an inventory. It’s not completely accurate, but a good start!
On Thursday, we spent half of the day finishing the seal for the Wellwash machine and reading/showing one of the lab workers the online manual for it. I’d imagine it’d be pretty hard knowing what to do with a machine you never got instructions for- especially one with over 20 buttons/switches! The seal was finished off by cutting a new plastic rim out of an old hazardous waste garbage can and a lot of silicon. By the time we were done, we had it running just as it’s intended to by rinsing out trays that hold blood samples. After that, we went to the surgical ward again to try and find some more details about the power supply. After testing the three-phase box it is attached to, between two of the lines the multimeter read 0 volts instead of around 400 where it should be like the working one. We, of course, are not electricians so we have some brainstorming and research to do and need to know how to shut the power off before wiggling around the wires.
On Thursday, we spent half of the day finishing the seal for the Wellwash machine and reading/showing one of the lab workers the online manual for it. I’d imagine it’d be pretty hard knowing what to do with a machine you never got instructions for- especially one with over 20 buttons/switches! The seal was finished off by cutting a new plastic rim out of an old hazardous waste garbage can and a lot of silicon. By the time we were done, we had it running just as it’s intended to by rinsing out trays that hold blood samples. After that, we went to the surgical ward again to try and find some more details about the power supply. After testing the three-phase box it is attached to, between two of the lines the multimeter read 0 volts instead of around 400 where it should be like the working one. We, of course, are not electricians so we have some brainstorming and research to do and need to know how to shut the power off before wiggling around the wires.
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