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CO2withCAPNOSTATMainstream,CapnoFlexLF,andDualCO2modules
WARNING
DonotuseaCO
2
moduleatthesametimeasacompact
airwaymoduleoraCARESCAPErespiratorymodule.
WARNING
Donotwash,disinfectoropenthewatertrapcartridge.
WARNING
Toavoidtheriskofpatientcross-infection,donotreturnthe
sampledgastothebreathingsystem.
WARNING
Strongscavengingsuctionmaychangetheoperating
pressureofthemoduleandcauseinaccuratereadingsor
excessivesamplegasow.
WARNING
CAPNOSTATorCapnoFlexLF:Donotallowtheexhaustline
tobecomekinkedorblocked.Backpressuremaycause
inaccurategasreadings.
WARNING
DualCO2module:—WATERTRAP—AnAqua-Knotwatertrap
mustalwaysbeusedwhentheunitisrunning.Failuretouse
thewatertrapcanresultincontaminationoftheinternalgas
measurementinstrumentsandcausesubsequentinaccurate
gasanalysisdata.ReplaceanddisposeoftheAqua-Knot
watertrapwhenoccluded.Donotreuse.Reusingthewater
trapmaycauseinaccuratereadingsandmaydamagethe
equipment.
WARNING
TheCAPNOSTATandCapnoFlexLFCO
2
monitoringdevices
shouldnotbeusedincloseproximitytowirelessnetworking
equipment,orinthepresenceofstrongelectromagnetic
eldssuchasthosegeneratedbyradiostationtransmitters,
citizensbandradios,cellularphones,etc.UsingaCAPNOSTAT
orCapnoFlexLFsensorundertheaboveconditionsmay
causeoneorallofthefollowingtooccur:
●Artifactmaybeinducedonthecapnogram.
●TheCO
2
parametervaluesmaybereplacedby—.
●Amessagepromptingtocheckorcalibratetheadapter
ortocheckthesamplelinemaybedisplayedinthe
parameterwindow.
Normaloperationwillresumewhenthesourceofinterference
isremoved.
WARNING
CAPNOSTAT:Alwayspositionthesensorwiththeadapterinan
uprightpositiontoavoidcollectionofuidsonthewindows
oftheadapter.Largeconcentrationofuidsatthispointwill
obstructgasanalysis.
WARNING
TheCapnoFlexLFmodulegeneratesanalarmforlowow
ratewhentheowdropstoapproximately50%ofthe
nominalowrateof50ml/min.Thisrateisslightlybelowthe
lowestspeciedowrateof40ml/min.
WARNING
DualCO2module:—CONTAMINATION—Besurethepump
isoffbeforeremovingtheAqua-Knotwatertraptoprevent
contaminationoftheinternalgasmeasurementinstrument.
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