Penlon A200SP - Warnings and Cautions; General Safety Guidelines

A200SP Absorber 2 User Manual
1. Warnings and Cautions
The followng WARNINS and AUTIONS must be read and
understood before usng ths Anaesthetc Apparatus
WARNINS
1 Personnel must make themselves famlar wth the
contents of ths manual and the functon of the A200SP
Absorber before use
2 Trchloroethylene must not be used n assocaton wth
soda lme
3 Ths unt s restrcted to use wth non-flammable
anaesthetc agents only
4 The A200SP Absorber must only be used when securely
mounted n an uprght poston
a) The nspratory and expratory non-return valves
(NRV) are gravty operated See secton 32
b) Spllage of absorbent may contamnate the breathng
system See secton 51
5 To avod the rsk of electrc shock, ths equpment must
only be connected to a mans supply wth a protectve
earth
6 To solate the machne from the mans power supply,
dsconnect the mans cable from the mans power outlet
Always use an easly accessble mans power outlet
7 Ths devce must not be altered or modfed n any way
wthout the wrtten approval of Penlon Lmted
Before usng the absorber
8 Breathng system connecton Do not use a patent
Y-pece contanng non-return valves Usage wth the
Absorber s hazardous, because two sets of non-return
valves may easly be connected n opposton, by error
See secton 52
9 Breathng hoses and bags used wth the absorber must
comply to BS EN ISO 5367 (Hoses) and BS EN ISO 5362
(Breathng Bags) respectvely
10 Do not connect a vacuum systems must not drectly to
the adustable pressure lmtng (APL) valve outlet A
recevng system wth postve and negatve pressure
control functons must be nterposed Systems must
comply wth EN ISO 8835 Part 2 or BS EN ISO 80601-2-
13 See secton 523
11 The APL valve s out of crcut when the system s n
‘Ventlator’ mode The ventlator must be equpped wth a
pressure relef valve
12 Underfllng of the canster can lead to neffcent O
absorpton Overfllng may result n poor sealng of
canster due to cakng of granules and abrason of the
canster and seal See secton 532
13 Anhydrous soda lme s known to react wth some
anaesthetc agents Do not contnue to use an absorbent
f t has been allowed to dry out (or f you suspect t has
dred out) Always replace dred-out absorbent wth a
fresh supply of soda lme
14 Do not use the absorber wthout ensurng that t passes
all pre-use checks See secton 6After servcng and
cleanng procedures, verfy postve acton of the bag/
ventlator selector swtch before the unt s used
clncally
heck that at all tmes that the swtch s free to move
from one end of ts travel to the other
Usng the absorber
15 ondensaton, whch may collect n the bottom of the
absorber canster s caustc and care must be taken not
to spll t on the skn when dranng See secton 73
16 Knkng of the fresh gas hose s a known cause of
anaesthetc accdent The use of an unsutable hose
assembly can contrbute to ths stuaton
See secton 35
17 Any system utlsng the A200SP absorber must be ftted
wth
a) An oxygen montor complyng wth ISO/IE 80601-2-
55
b) A carbon doxde montor complyng wth ISO/IE
80601-2-55
c) A mnute volume montor
d) A breathng system ntegrty alarm
18 Refttng the canster
The canster seals at the top face Mantan the poston
of the rm of the canster over the outer lp of the seal as
you rotate the lever ant-clockwse to the vertcal, locked-
on poston
Falure to lock the canster n the fully closed poston,
may cause a system leak and/or a reducton n O
absorpton
19 Heater unt (f ftted)
Exteror panels must not be removed by unauthorsed
personnel, and the unt must not be operated wth such
panels mssng
There s a possble electrc shock hazard
20 Portable RF communcatons equpment (ncludng
perpherals such as antenna cables and external
antennas) should be used no closer than 30 cm (12
nches) to any part of ths devce, ncludng cables
specfed by the manufacturer Otherwse, degradaton of
the performance of ths equpment could result
21 You must only use non-conductve breathng system
hoses Breathng hoses must not have electrcally
conductve propertes
22 Ths machne s not sutable for use n oxygen-rch
envronment
23 Do not touch any electrcal devce connector at the same
tme as the patent