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Life-support Policy
General policy
APC by Schneider Electric does not recommend the use of any of its products in the following situations:
• In life-support applications where failure or malfunction of the APC by Schneider Electric product
can be reasonably expected to cause failure of the life-support device or to affect significantly its
safety or effectiveness.
• In direct patient care.
APC by Schneider Electric will not knowingly sell its products for use in such applications unless it
receives in writing assurances satisfactory to APC by Schneider Electric that (a) the risks of injury or
damage have been minimized, (b) the customer assumes all such risks, and (c) the liability of APC by
Schneider Electric is adequately protected under the circumstances.
Examples of life-support devices
The term life-support device includes but is not limited to neonatal oxygen analyzers, nerve stimulators
(whether used for anesthesia, pain relief, or other purposes), autotransfusion devices, blood pumps,
defibrillators, arrhythmia detectors and alarms, pacemakers, hemodialysis systems, peritoneal dialysis
systems, neonatal ventilator incubators, ventilators (for adults and infants), anesthesia ventilators,
infusion pumps, and any other devices designated as “critical” by the U.S. FDA.
Hospital-grade wiring devices and leakage current protection may be ordered as options on many APC
by Schneider Electric UPS systems. APC by Schneider Electric does not claim that units with these
modifications are certified or listed as hospital-grade by APC by Schneider Electric or any other
organization. Therefore these units do not meet the requirements for use in direct patient care