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3 Testing and Maintenance
3.1 Introduction
To ensure the patient monitor always functions normally, qualified service personnel should
perform regular inspection, maintenance and test. This chapter provides a checklist of the
testing procedures for the patient monitor with recommended test equipment and frequency.
The service personnel should perform the testing and maintenance procedures as required
and use appropriate test equipment.
The testing procedures provided in this chapter are intended to verify that the patient
monitor meets the performance specifications. If the patient monitor or a module fails to
perform as specified in any test, repairs or replacement must be done to correct the problem.
If the problem persists, contact our Customer Service Department.
CAUTION
z All tests should be performed by qualified service personnel only.
z Care should be taken to change the settings in [User Maintenance] and [Factory
Maintenance] menus to avoid loss of data.
z Service personnel should acquaint themselves with the test tools and make sure
that test tools and cables are applicable.