Appendix A—Troubleshooting and Maintenance
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TM
System with Guardrails
TM
Suite MX User Manual
NOTE:
A previously silenced alarm audio can be reactivated by pressing the Cancel Silence. If the alarm
condition has not been resolved, the alarm audio will resume.
Alert Prioritization
All the system Alerts are prioritized by type/source and the condition of the alert.
Alert Prioritization Types and Sources
Information Signal
Any signal that is not an alarm signal or a reminder signal.
Infusion Alarm
An alarm arising from an infusion module (PCA, syringe, pump)
Low Priority Alarm
A low-priority alarm is initiated by any condition requiring user awareness.
Maintenance Reminder
A visual message that when enabled appears at startup when a scheduled preventive
maintenance is due/overdue for component of the system (PCU or attached module).
Medium Priority Alarm
A medium-priority alarm is initiated by any alarm condition requiring a prompt user
response.
NEOI Snooze (Reminder signal)
Configurable alert, if enabled, provides an audio only tone when a Near End of
Infusion alarm had been previously silenced.
Monitoring Alarm
An alarm arising from a monitoring module (SpO
2
or EtCO
2
).
Presilence
Allows the user to silence a monitoring module for 2 minutes. Also known as Audio
Pause, the duration of Presilence (Audio Pause) is not configurable.
Prompt
An audio signal and/or a visual message appearing on bottom line of Main Display or
in Message Display. Audio signal can be silenced for 12 seconds pressing the
SILENCE
key.
Technical Alarm
An alarm arising from a hardware or software failure condition.
ALERT Priority ALERT Type/Source Color Theme Silenceable
HIGH Priority Technical Software Fatal N/A NO
Uncontrolled Infusion Flashing Red NO
Technical Malfunction Flashing Red YES
Monitoring Flashing Red YES
Infusion/PCU Flashing Red YES
MEDIUM Priority Monitoring Flashing Yellow YES
Infusion/PCU Flashing Yellow YES
LOW Priority Infusion/PCU Steady Yellow YES
INFORMATIONAL Informational N/A N/A
Reminder Signal Reminder Signal N/A NO
Terms Definitions
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