User`s guide

Metered Rack PDU for High Density

Life-Support Policy

General policy

American Power Conversion (APC) 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 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 will not knowingly sell its products for use in

such applications unless it receives in writing

assurances satisfactory to APC that (a) the risks of

injury or damage have been minimized, (b) the

customer assumes all such risks, and (c) the liability

of APC 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

UPS

systems. APC does not claim that units with

these modifications are certified or listed as hospital-

grade by

APC or any other organization. Therefore

these units do not meet the requirements for use in

direct patient care.