GE CARESCAPE - Site requirement warnings; System caution safety messages; Loss of data; Electrical caution

Safety
WARNING
Ifanerrormessageappearsduringoperation,itisthelicensed
medicalpractitioner’sresponsibilitytodecidewhetherthe
unitisstillsuitableforpatientmonitoring.Asageneralrule,
monitoringshouldonlycontinueinextremelyurgentcases
andunderthedirectsupervisionofalicensedhealthcare
practitioner.Theunitmustberepairedbeforebeingused
againonapatient.Ifanerrormessageappearsafter
power-up,theunitmustberepairedbeforebeingusedon
apatient.
WARNING
Ensurethatmodulesaresecurelylatched.
WARNING
Theparametermodulesarenotabletowithstandunpacked
dropsfromaheightof1mwithoutdamage.Ifamoduleis
dropped,pleaseserviceitbeforetakingitbackintouse.
WARNING
Iftheframeormonitorisdropped,pleaseserviceitbefore
takingitbackintouse.
Siterequirementwarnings
WARNING
—BEFOREINSTALLATION—Compatibilityiscriticaltosafeand
effectiveuseofthisdevice.Pleasecontactyourlocalsalesor
servicerepresentativepriortoinstallationtoverifyequipment
compatibility.
Systemcautionsafetymessages
Thefollowingcautionsafetymessagesapplytothismonitoringsystem.
Lossofdata
CAUTION
LOSSOFDATA—Shouldthemonitoratanytimetemporarily
losepatientdata,thepotentialexiststhatactivemonitoring
isnotbeingdone.Closepatientobservationoralternate
monitoringdevicesshouldbeuseduntilmonitorfunction
isrestored.Ifthemonitordoesnotautomaticallyresume
operationwithin60seconds,powercyclethemonitor
usingthepoweron/offswitchoron/standbybutton.Once
monitoringisrestored,youshouldverifycorrectmonitoring
stateandalarmfunction.
Electricalcaution
CAUTION
—POWERREQUIREMENTS—Beforeconnectingthedevice
tothepowerline,checkthatthevoltageandfrequency
ratingsofthepowerlinearethesameasthoseindicated
onthedevice’slabel.Ifthisisnotthecase,donotconnect
thesystemtothepowerlineuntilyouadjustthedeviceto
matchthepowersource.InU.S.A.,iftheinstallationofthis
equipmentwilluse240Vratherthan120V,thesourcemustbe
acenter-tapped,240V,single-phasecircuit.Thisequipmentis
suitableforconnectiontopublicmainsasdenedinCISPR11.
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