User`s guide
M3000A/M3046A/M3015A/M3016A Service Guide
Installing the Instrument 2-35
Tutorial for Installing the Instrument
Question 1: For patient safety, where and how should monitoring equipment be mounted?
a. Do not mount any portion of monitoring equipment over a patient’s bed.
b. Lead expansion bolts are neither adequate nor safe to use when mounting equipment
on plaster board walls.
c. It is important not to remove the channel safety stop on the GCX Wall Channel while
the mount is supporting monitoring equipment.
d. All of the above examples are correct.
Question 2: When organising power supply for monitoring equipment, which of the
following does not contribute to patient safety?
a. Do not touch the patient when connecting or disconnecting a cable to a Video Out
connector.
b. It is important to read and become familiar with the “Monitor and Measurement
Server Specifications” chapter in the User’s Guide.
c. When connected to an AC power supply (either mains or vehicle), the cabinet of the
monitor must be grounded.
d. If other patient-connected equipment is used simultaneous to the Monitor, the sum-
mation of leakage currents can be hazardous to the patient or to hospital personnel.
e. All of the above examples are correct.
Question 3: How can you eliminate potential differences between different pieces of
equipment, for internal examinations on the heart or on the brain?
a. Do not mount monitoring equipment over the patient’s bed.
b. Connect the Monitor by a separate connection to the equipotential grounding system
of the medically-used room.
c. The Instrument must be kept clear of condensation.
d. There is nothing in particular that needs to be done.