User Manual Manual

Acuity Central Station

Safety

Note

Acuity connectivity is a licensable feature. To order this feature contact your

Welch Allyn sales representative (see page ii). The network settings are defined

by the system administrator (see the Welch Allyn 1500 patient monitor service

manual).

WARNING Connect the monitor to an Acuity system only. Connecting to other

networks could damage the monitor or injure the patient. If in doubt about the

network jacks or devices, consult your facility’s Administrator Engineering

Department.

WARNING The bedside patient monitor is the primary alarming source for the

patient and the central station is a backup alarm source. The central station is only

as reliable as its network and should be relied on only as a backup alarming

device.

WARNING The Welch Allyn 1500 Patient Monitor provides primary alarming,

including life threatening alarms. The central station provides a secondary alarm,

and is only as reliable as its network. When connection to the central station is

lost, the Welch Allyn 1500 Patient Monitor acts as a standalone monitor and

provides the primary alarm. When connected to the central station, the monitor

provides the primary alarm based on a signal from the central station.

WARNING Do not use Arrhythmia Analysis or ST Analysis on networks with

heavy Class 1 services such as voice over IP (VOIP).

WARNING Central station alarms and other events can go unnoticed if clinical

personnel are not present at the central station or if interruptions occur in power

or system operations.

WARNING It is strongly recommended that Acuity Systems be installed with

continuous power supplies and redundant means of operator surveillance, such

as secondary central stations and hallway message panels. Acuity System alarms,

alerts or other events can go unnoticed if clinical personnel are not present at the

Acuity Central Station or if interruptions occur in power or system operations. You

are responsible to provide 100 percent reliable power to the central station. The

central station will only work with reliable AC power.