Index: firmware/App/Controllers/BloodLeak.c
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diff -u -r667feab319b14681a0330a715da7a1ba930b518d -r29a2c3c7d7618489c0ada9f98e1d30226b455392
--- firmware/App/Controllers/BloodLeak.c	(.../BloodLeak.c)	(revision 667feab319b14681a0330a715da7a1ba930b518d)
+++ firmware/App/Controllers/BloodLeak.c	(.../BloodLeak.c)	(revision 29a2c3c7d7618489c0ada9f98e1d30226b455392)
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 
 #define BLOOD_LEAK_MIN_WAIT_TIME_2_GET_CAL_MS ( 2 * MS_PER_SECOND )                              ///< Blood leak minimum wait time to get calibration in milliseconds.
 
+#define DATA_PUBLISH_COUNTER_START_COUNT      60                                                 ///< Data publish counter start count.
+
 /// Defined states for the blood leak detector state machine.
 typedef enum BloodLeakStates
 {
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
 
 static OVERRIDE_U32_T bloodLeakDataPublishInterval = { BLOOD_LEAK_PUB_INTERVAL,
                                                        BLOOD_LEAK_PUB_INTERVAL, 0, 0 };          ///< Interval (in ms) at which to publish blood leak data to CAN bus.
-static U32 bloodLeakDataPublicationTimerCounter = 0;                                             ///< Timer counter used to schedule blood leak data publication to CAN bus.
+static U32 bloodLeakDataPublicationTimerCounter;                                                 ///< Timer counter used to schedule blood leak data publication to CAN bus.
 static U32 bloodLeakUARTCmdIndex = 0;                                                            ///< Blood leak UART command index.
 static U32 bloodLeakSetPointSeqLength = 0;                                                       ///< Blood leak set point sequence actual length.
 static U08 bloodLeakSetPointSequence[ BLOOD_LEAK_SET_POINT_SEQ_MAX_LENGTH ];                     ///< Blood leak set point sequence array.
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@
  *************************************************************************/
 void initBloodLeak( void )
 {
-    bloodLeakDataPublicationTimerCounter = 0;
+    bloodLeakDataPublicationTimerCounter = DATA_PUBLISH_COUNTER_START_COUNT;
     bloodLeakState                       = BLOOD_LEAK_WAIT_FOR_POST_STATE;
     bloodLeakStatus.data                 = BLOOD_LEAK_NOT_DETECTED;
     bloodLeakStatus.ovInitData           = BLOOD_LEAK_NOT_DETECTED;