GE CARESCAPE - 31 Interfacing with peripheral devices; Interfacing safety precautions; Interfacing warnings; Interfacing cautions

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Interfacingwithperipheraldevices
Interfacingsafetyprecautions
Interfacingwarnings
WARNING
—SINGLEPATIENTUSE—AlleightserialportsoftheUnity
NetworkInterfaceDevice(ID)mustonlybeusedonone
patient.
WARNING
—INTERFACINGOTHEREQUIPMENT—Connectonlyitems
thatarespeciedaspartofthesystemandascompatible.
Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitors
SupplementalInformationManual.
WARNING
Ifaventilatorandagasacquisitionmoduleareconnected
tothesamemonitor,themonitorissuessomerespiratory
alarmsbasedonthemodulealarmlimitsandnotthoseof
theventilator.Makesurethatthealarmlimitsonthemodule
aresettomatchthepatient’sventilationrequirementsto
avoiddelayedorsuppressedventilatoralarmannunciationat
thecentralstationandtoensuretimelyclinicalresponseto
importantchangesinthepatient’sconditionortheventilator’s
status.
Interfacingcautions
CAUTION
Alwaysverifythecompatibilityofthesoftwareversionsbefore
use;refertotheUnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(ID)Operator's
Manual.
CAUTION
—INSTALLATION—Toavoidaccidentalingressofliquids,
alwaysmounttheUnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(IDina
verticalpositionwiththeconnectorsatthebottom.
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