User's Manual

TELEMETRY TRANSMITTER (96281) OPERATIONS MANUAL 3-7
ECG AND SP O
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- Exposure to excessive illumination, such as surgical lamps (especially ones with a
xenon light source), bilirubin lamps, fluorescent lights, infrared heating lamps, or
direct sunlight (exposure to excessive illumination can be corrected by covering the
sensor with a dark or opaque material).
- Venous pulsations.
- Placement of a sensor on an extremity with a blood pressure cuff, arterial catheter, or
intravascular line.
• Do not use the oximetry sensors during MRI scanning. Induced current could
potentially cause burns.
• Tissue damage can be caused by incorrect application or by wrapping the sensor too
tightly for example. Inspect the sensor site as directed in the sensor directions for
use to ensure skin integrity and to ensure correct positioning and adhesion of the
sensor.
• Applying an oximetry sensor incorrectly or leaving the sensor in place for too long
may cause tissue damage, especially when monitoring neonates.
• Check the sensor site frequently, and do not allow the sensor to remain on one site
for too long. Refer to the instructions from the sensor manufacturer for more
information.
• Do not use a sensor with exposed optical components.
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functional test fixtures can not be used to assess accuracy of a pulse oximeter
sensor or monitor.
Electrodes, Leadwires, Sensors, and Sensor Cables
Warnings:
• Carefully route all cables between the patient and the monitor to reduce the
possibility of patient entanglement or strangulation.
• Signals resulting from devices such as Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICD) may
momentarily blank the ECG waveform rather than show an out-of-range signal. In
such cases it may not be apparent that the ICD has triggered and the condition of the
patient should be checked. In all instances of the ICD being triggered, the monitor
will reshow the ECG waveform within five seconds.
• ECG alarms for ventricular fibrillation and asystole remain active while the patient’s
rate and morphology are being learned (for example, following a lead switch or use
of the RELEARN feature). ECG alarms for high rate, low rate, ventricular run, couplet,
VE/minute, atrial fibrillation, pause, and PSVT are not reactivated until the learning
process ends.
• To ensure against any possibility of electric shock, do not touch lead electrodes or
the monitor during defibrillation.
D R A F T
22 June 2012