GE CARESCAPE - 3 System introduction; Monitor and module compatibility limitations; System safety precautions; System warnings

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Systemintroduction
Monitorandmodulecompatibilitylimitations
TRAMandTram-RacmoduleswiththeB850only.
Systemsafetyprecautions
Systemwarnings
WARNING
Neverinstallequipmentabovethepatient.
WARNING
Operationofthemonitoroutsidethespeciedperformance
rangemaycauseinaccurateresults.
WARNING
—EXCESSIVELEAKAGECURRENT—Asecondarydisplayor
printerthatisanon-medicalgradedeviceandisusedwithin
thepatientenvironment,mustalwaysbepoweredfrom
anadditionaltransformerprovidingatleastbasicisolation
(isolatingorseparatingtransformer).Usingwithoutan
isolatingtransformercouldresultinunacceptableenclosure
leakagecurrents.
WARNING
—EXCESSIVELEAKAGECURRENT—LaserprintersareUL
60950/IEC60950certiedequipment,whichmaynotmeetthe
leakagecurrentrequirementsofpatientcareequipment.This
equipmentmustnotbelocatedinthepatientenvironment
unlessthemedicalsystemstandardIEC60601-1-1isfollowed.
Donotconnectalaserprintertoamultiplesocketoutlet
supplyingpatientcareequipment.Theuseofmultiplesocket
outletforasystemwillresultinanenclosureleakagecurrent
equaltothesumofalltheindividualearthleakagecurrents
ofthesystemifthereisaninterruptionofthemultiplesocket
outletprotectiveearthconductor.Consultyourlocalservice
representativebeforeinstallingalaserprinter.
WARNING
—PHYSICALINJURY—Takecarewhenmountingdevicesto
anIVpole.IfadeviceismountedtoohightheIVpolemay
becomeunbalancedandtipover.
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