Medical Alarms User Manual
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DL-00035 Rev. 4
WARNING:
•INSOMECASES,FREQUENTANDPROLONGEDMEASUREMENTS
CAN RESULT IN PETECHIA, ISCHEMIA, PURPURA, OR NEUROPATHY.
CHECK THE CUFF SITE REGULARLY WHEN TAKING FREQUENT
MEASUREMENTS OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. ALSO CHECK
FOR ANY SIGNS OF RESTRICTED CIRCULATION IN THE EXTREMITIES
OF THE LIMB WHERE THE NBP CUFF IS WRAPPED.
•BESURETHENON-INVASIVEBLOODPRESSUREHOSEISNOT
BLOCKED OR KINKED DURING A MEASUREMENT. A BLOCKED
OR KINKED HOSE COULD LEAD TO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE IN
THE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF, WHICH COULD CAUSE LIMB DAMAGE.
IN THE EVENT THE CUFF NEEDS TO BE STOPPED DURING OPERATION
DUE TO AN ERROR CREATED BY A BLOCKED OR KINKED HOSE,
THE CUFF SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ARM BY RELEASING
THE VELCRO
®
STRAP OR PULLING/CUTTING THE HOSE OFF OF THE
CONNECTOR.
10. PULSE OXIMETRY WARNINGS:
•REPOSITIONTHEPULSEOXIMETRYSENSORATLEASTEVERY4
HOURS (2 HOURS FOR POORLY PERFUSED PATIENTS). MOVE THE
SENSOR IF YOU SEE ANY SIGNS OF SKIN IRRITATION OR IMPAIRED
CIRCULATION.
•ELEVATEDLEVELSOFCARBOXYHEMOGLOBINORMETHEMOGLOBIN
IN MONITORED PATIENTS CAN RESULT IN INACCURATE PULSE
OXIMETRY READINGS.
•APULSEOXIMETERSHOULDBECONSIDEREDASAN
EARLY WARNING DEVICE. AS A TREND TOWARD PATIENT
DEOXYGENATION IS INDICATED, BLOOD SAMPLES SHOULD BE
ANALYZED BY A LABORATORY CO-OXIMETER.
11. PROBES AND CABLES ARE DESIGNED FOR USE WITH SPECIFIC
MONITORS. VERIFY COMPATIBILITY AND USE ONLY APPROVED
ACCESSORIES WITH VITALPOINT. USING NON-APPROVED ACCESSORIES
MAY RESULT IN DEGRADED PERFORMANCE, DAMAGE TO THE
MONITORING EQUIPMENT, OR IN HARM TO THE PATIENT, AND MAY
VOID WARRANTY COVERAGE.
12. TO AVOID AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD, THE CONDUCTIVE
PART OF THE ELECTRODES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO COME IN
CONTACT WITH OTHER CONDUCTIVE OBJECTS, INCLUDING EARTH.
13. DO NOT INTRODUCE ANY ADDITIONAL PATIENT CONNECTION
THAT MAY PRODUCE ELECTRICAL CURRENT
. VITALPOINT APPLIES
APPROXIMATELY 2
MICROAMPERES (2
µA).
14. ACCESSORIES SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDING TO THE
MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS ON PACKAGING.