Medical Alarms User Manual

DL-00035 Rev. 4

PRECAUTION:

1. U.S.FEDERALLAWRESTRICTSTHISDEVICETOSALEBYORONTHE

ORDER OF A PHYSICIAN.

2. THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A PRIMARY

SOURCEOFMEDICALINFORMATION.CONTACTCLINICIANWITH

QUESTIONS.

3. FORCONTINUEDOPERATION,ALWAYSCONNECTTHEMONITORTOA

WALLOUTLET.FAILURETODOTHISCANLEADTOANINTERRUPTION

OFMONITORING.

4. THERE ARE NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS IN THIS DEVICE.

5. PORTABLE AND MOBILE RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) COMMUNICATIONS

EQUIPMENT CAN AFFECT THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR. IF

THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE

WORKINGNORMALLY,TRYTORELOCATEORREORIENTTHE

VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR.

6. USEOFACCESSORIESNOTAPPROVEDFORUSEWITHTHEVITALPOINT

HOME MONITOR MAY RESULT IN INCREASED EMISSIONS OR

DECREASED IMMUNITY OF THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR. REFER TO

THE APPROVED ACCESSORIES LIST FOR THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR.

7. THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR SHOULD NOT BE USED ADJACENT

TOORSTACKEDWITHOTHEREQUIPMENT;ANDTHATIFADJACENT

ORSTACKEDUSEISNECESSARY,THEVITALPOINTHOMEMONITOR

SHOULD BE OBSERVED TO VERIFY NORMAL OPERATION.

8. THESECHEMICALSMAYDAMAGETHEMONITOR’SFRONTPANEL:

ACETALDEHYDE, ACETONE, AMMONIA, BENZENE, HYDROXYTOLUENE,

METHYLENE CHLORIDE, OR OZONE. DO NOT USE THOSE CHEMICALS

ORCLEANSERSCONTAININGN-ALKYLDIMETHYLBENZYLAMMONIUM

CHLORIDE.

9. NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE PRECAUTIONS:

 •DONOTAPPLYTHENON-INVASIVEBLOODPRESSURECUFFON

THE SAME LIMB AS THE SpO

SENSOR.DURINGBLOODPRESSURE

MEASUREMENTS, THE PERFUSION IS TEMPORARILY REDUCED,

WHICHCANRESULTININACCURATEPULSEOXIMETRYREADINGS.

 •DONOTALLOWTHENON-INVASIVEBLOODPRESSURECUFFOR

HOSETOCOMEINCONTACTWITHFLUIDS.IFTHISOCCURS,

ALLOWTODRYTHOROUGHLYBEFOREUSE.CHECKTHEHOSE

ANDCUFFFREQUENTLYFORSIGNSOFDAMAGEORDEBRIS.AN

OBSTRUCTIONINTHEHOSEMAYINTERFEREWITHINFLATIONAND

DEFLATION,RESULTINGININACCURATENON-INVASIVEBLOOD

PRESSUREREADINGS.

PRECAUTIONS OVERVIEW