GE MAC 2000 - Safety Hazards

Introduction
SafetyHazards
Thefollowingmessagesapplytothesystemasawhole.Specicmessagesmayalso
beprovidedelsewhereinthemanual.
WARNING:
EQUIPMENTMALFUNCTION—Anyattemptbyunauthorizedpersonneltoservice
thedevicecouldresultinequipmentmalfunctionandvoidthewarranty.
Thisequipmentcontainsnouser-serviceableparts.Referservicingtoauthorized
servicepersonnel.
WARNING:
PATIENTINJURY–STRANGULATION—Cablespresentapossiblestrangulation
hazard.
Toavoidpossiblestrangulation,routeallcablesawayfromthepatient’sthroat.
Useashortversionofcableforpediatricpatients.
WARNING:
PERSONALINJURY–STUMBLINGHAZARD—Patientscanbecomeentangledinthe
cablesandleadwiresconnectedtothedevice,whichcouldcausethepatient
tostumbleortrip.
Routecablesandleadwiresinawaytoavoidcreatingastumblinghazard:keep
themofftheoor,androuteleadwiresawayfromthepatient’slegsandthe
healthcareprovider’sworkarea.
WARNING:
MAGNETICANDELECTRICALINTERFERENCE—Magneticandelectriceldscan
interferewiththeacquisitionofECGreadings.
Makesurethatallperipheralcomponentsoperatedinthevicinityofthedevice
complywiththerelevantEMCrequirements.X-rayequipment,MRIdevices,
radiosystems(cellularphones)andsoforth,arepossiblesourcesofinterference
becausetheymayemithigherlevelsofelectromagneticradiation.Verifythe
performanceofthesystembeforeuse.
WARNING:
EXPLOSIONHAZARD—Usingthisdeviceinthepresenceofanestheticvaporsor
liquidscancauseexplosions.
Donotusethisdeviceinthepresenceofanestheticvaporsorliquids.Onlypersons
withadequatetraininginthecorrectuseofthisdevicemayusethisdevice.
WARNING:
EQUIPMENTFAILURE—Polarizingelectrodes(stainlesssteelorsilverconstructed)
maycausetheelectrodestoretainaresidualchargeafterdebrillation.Aresidual
chargeblocksacquisitionoftheECGsignal.
Wheneverpatientdebrillationisapossibility,usenon-polarizingelectrodes
(silver-silverchlorideconstruction)forECGmonitoring.
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MAC™2000ECGAnalysisSystem
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