User's Manual

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Radical-7 Safety Information, Warnings, and Cautions
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The battery should be installed and/or removed from the Radical-7 by qualified personnel
only.
All batteries lose capacity with age, thus the amount of run time at Low Battery will vary
depending upon the age of the battery.
All external device connections to the RS-232 serial port must be IEC-60950 compliant.
The Docking Station battery should be installed and/or removed from the Docking Station
only by qualified personnel.
To conserve battery power, keep the frequency of the audible alarms to a minimum and the
volume to a minimum.
To conserve battery power, keep the back-lit LCD screen at minimum illumination.
When using the SatShare feature, to conserve battery power, always keep the Radical-7 on AC
line power.
Alarm Related Safety Information, Warnings, and Cautions
This section contains alarm related safety information.
Caution
For home use, ensure that the Radical-7 alarm can be heard from other rooms in
the house, especially when noisy appliances such as vacuum cleaners,
dishwashers, clothes dryers, televisions, or radios are operating.
Caution
Do not place the Radical-7 against a surface that may cause the alarm to be
muffled.
Caution
To ensure that alarm limits are appropriate for the patient being monitored,
check the limits each time the Radical-7 is used.
Caution
The Nurse Call feature is disabled when the Audible Alarms are silenced and
Nurse Call setting is set to Alarms.
Caution
When the Radical-7 is placed in All Mute, the patient alarms will not audibly
sound on the Radical-7 or the SafetyNet. The SafetyNet View will display a visual
alarm.