Service Manual

AlarmView™ Service and Installation Manual
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The report provides background information and basic EMI
fundamentals. A possible outline for management of potential
EMI sources and education of the hospital staff is as follows:
Encourage biomedical engineers to learn how to assess the EMI
environment of their hospital and take actions on:
• managing (increasing) distance between sources of EMI and
susceptible devices
• managing use of frequencies close to AlarmView™ System
frequencies
• managing (removing) devices that are highly susceptible to
EMI
• lower power from internal EMI sources under hospital control
(paging systems)
• labeling devices susceptible to EMI
• educating staff (nurses and doctors) to be aware of, and to
recognize, potential EMI related problems
• conducting technical remedial action to eliminate EMI, such
as shielding
• sharing relevant EMI/EMC information with others, especially
in evaluation of new equipment purchases which may have
emissions
• identifying critical areas where life-support devices are in use
and restricting the use of personal communicators (cellular
phones) in those critical care areas
Purchase critical care devices that comply with IEC 601-1-2
EMC standards:
• the required level of EMI immunity is 3 volts per meter
• the interference level that a medical device can radiate
(emit) is 0.0014 volts per meter