User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Telemetry Transmitter
- Table of Contents
- Conventions Used in This Manual 1-1
- Nurses 1-7
- Monitor Technicians 1-7
- Biomedical Engineers 1-7
- Physicians 1-7
- Patients 1-7
- Sources of Interference 1-8
- Potential Sources of Damage 1-8
- Optional Leadwire Grouper 2-3
- Leadwire Color Codes 2-4
- Telemetry Channel Label 2-5
- Adult Electrode Placement 3-3
- Lead Fault Indication 3-4
- Noise Detection 3-4
- False Alarms 3-5
- Traditional Pulse Oximetry 3-5
- Electrodes, Leadwires, Sensors, and Sensor Cables 3-7
- Electrodes, Leadwires, Sensors and Sensor Cables 3-8
- Spacelabs Healthcare Technology 3-13
- Additional Information for Telemetry Products 3-13
- Telemetry 3-13
- Heart Rate Averaging 3-13
- Spacelabs Healthcare SpO2 Sensors 3-18
- Additional Information 3-18
- Transmitter Batteries 4-1
- Host Monitors 4-2
- Telemetry Receiver Module 4-2
- Assigning a Telemetry Channel 4-3
- Top, Front and Bottom View (96281-C) 4-4
- Rear View (96281-C) 4-5
- Front View (96281-A) 4-6
- Battery Compartment (96281-A, 96281-B, 96281-C) 4-7
- ECG 4-12
- SpO2 4-14
- Cleaning/Disinfecting 5-1
- Recommended Cleaning Solutions 5-2
- Basic Cleaning and Low-level Disinfection 5-3
- Cleaning ECG Leadwires 5-3
- Cleaning Buttons 5-3
- Cleaning the Battery Cover 5-3
- Table 1—Electromagnetic Emmissions A-1
- Table 2—Electromagnetic Immunity A-2
- Table 2—Electromagnetic Immunity (continued) A-3
- Table 3—Separation Distances A-4
- Introduction
- About the Transmitters
- ECG and SpO2
- ECG Overview
- Patient Preparation and Electrode Application
- To Set Up ECG Monitoring
- ECG Problem Solving
- SpO2 Overview
- Warnings and Cautions for SpO2
- Setting Up SpO2 Monitoring
- Ensuring Accurate SpO2 Monitoring
- SpO2 and Pulse Rate Specifications
- Using the Sensorwatch Feature
- Enabling and Adjusting Alarms
- Data Averaging
- Display Details at the Host Monitor
- Printing SpO2 Waveforms
- SpO2 Messages at the Host Monitor
- Sensors
- SpO2 Alarm Delays
- SpO2 Troubleshooting Guide
- Basic Operations
- Getting Started
- Basic Components
- Selecting Options for Leads
- Basic User Actions
- Basic Modes of Operation
- View Mode
- Status Messages at the Host Monitor
- Telemetry Transmitter with ECG Only Troubleshooting Guide
- Telemetry Transmitter with Display Troubleshooting Guide
- Telemetry Transmitter with Display and SpO2 Troubleshooting Guide
- Cleaning, Disinfecting, and Sterilization
- Appendix A — Guidance and Manufacturer’s Declaration
- Appendix B — Symbols

TELEMETRY TRANSMITTER (96281) OPERATIONS MANUAL 4-3
B ASIC OPERATIONS
Warning:
All system connections (except for those related to moving receivers from one monitor
or housing to another) must be made by trained or qualified personnel only. Changes or
modifications not expressly approved by Spacelabs Healthcare may void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
Cautions:
• Telemetry transmitters have preassigned channel numbers (frequencies) that cannot be
changed. The channel number is identified on the back cover of the transmitter.
• Only qualified personnel should tune telemetry receiver modules to receive data from a
telemetry transmitter. Telemetry receiver modules must be used with a transmitter on
the same frequency.
• Qualified service personnel should set the telemetry receiver’s frequency band via the
Module Configuration Manager feature.
Assigning a Telemetry Channel
When connecting a new patient to a transmitter, make sure the prior patient’s information has been
purged at the host monitor.
Your central station can only show a telemetry channel after that channel has been assigned a specific
bed or room number. Refer to the user manuals for your central monitor or station for information to
assign a specific bed name to a telemetry channel and to assign the bed to a specific display zone.
Your central monitor can be configured to remember the bed name assigned to individual telemetry
channels. These beds are permanently assigned until you unassign or reassign them. Refer to the
Ultraview SL Module Configuration Manager System Administration Guide (P/N 070-1245-xx) for more
information.
Basic Components
The 96281-B telemetry transmitter is essentially the same as the 96281-C model, except for the
SpO
2
capability. Thus the components described in the illustrations of the 96281-C are also applicable
to the 96281-B model except for the SpO
2
connector cap.
The 96281-A model is similar to the 96281-B and 96281-C but it does not include a display or an SpO
2
connector cap or functionality (refer to
Figure 4-3 on page 4-6).
D R A F T
22 June 2012