Product Manual

About warnings and cautions

Warning and caution statements can appear on the monitor, on the packaging, on the

shipping container, or in this document.

The monitor is safe for patients and clinicians when used in accordance with the

instructions and the warning and caution statements presented in this manual.

Before using the monitor, you must familiarize yourself with all warnings and cautions,

with the steps to power up the monitor, and with the sections of this directions for use

that pertain to your use of the monitor.

• Failure to understand and observe any warning statement in this manual could lead

to patient injury, illness, or death.

• Failure to understand and observe any caution statement in this manual could lead to

damage to the equipment or other property, or loss of patient data.

General warnings and cautions

WARNING Many environmental variables, including patient physiology and

clinical application, can affect the accuracy and performance of the monitor.

Therefore, you must verify all vital signs information before treating the

patient. If there is any question about the accuracy of a measurement,

verify the measurement using another clinically accepted method.

WARNING Alarm limits are patient-specific. For alarms to function

properly, you must set or verify alarm limits appropriate for each patient.

Each time the monitor is powered on, you must check that the alarm

settings are appropriate for your patient before you start monitoring.

WARNING The monitor is not intended for use during patient transport

outside of the medical facility. Do not use the monitor to take

measurements on any patient in transit.

WARNING Do not use the monitor as an apnea monitor.

WARNING Use only Welch Allyn approved accessories, and use them

according to the manufacturer’s directions for use. Using unapproved

accessories with the monitor can affect patient and operator safety and can

compromise product performance and accuracy.

WARNING Inaccurate measurement risk. Do not connect more than one

patient to a monitor.