Care and Maintenance
4-2 Ultrasound System – Common Service Information
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Rev. 5
Overview
Care and Maintenance
Normal Care and Maintenance is mandatory; it is the
responsibility of the customer and includes the following:
• Quality Assurance Program to perform routine quality
control testing.
NOTE: Some customers’ Quality Assurance Programs may require
additional tasks and or inspections at a different frequency
than listed in this manual.
• System Maintenance and Checks (Preliminary System,
Functional Checks, Peripheral, Cable, Physical Inspection).
• Probe Maintenance
• System Cleaning, including Air Filter Cleaning
• Electrical Safety Testing
NOTE: It has been determined by engineering that your Ultrasound
System DOES NOT have any high wear components that fail
with use. Therefore, Periodic Maintenance inspections are
not mandatory for any Ultrasound system. Only normal Care
and Maintenance is recommended.
Contents in this chapter
• ‘Warnings’ on page 4-3
• ‘Why do maintenance’ on page 4-4
• ‘Maintenance task schedule’ on page 4-5
• ‘System maintenance’ on page 4-6
• ‘Using a Phantom’ on page 4-13
• ‘Electrical safety tests’ on page 4-14
• ‘When there's too much leakage current …’ on page 4-44
• ‘Ultrasound Equipment Quality Check (EQC and IQC)’ on
page 4-46
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