504-2033 Iss 1j 3 April 2005
IMPORTANT GENERAL INFORMATION SECTION ONE
a) General
The following details are to be seen as a guide only and are not intended to be a comprehensive
list of safety precautions.
i) Qualified persons
Persons servicing and repairing Pneupac ventilators and regulators must be adequately trained and
certified by the manufacturer for this task and must be fully conversant with the relevant contents of
the User's Manual supplied with the equipment. Engineers must perform service repair and testing of
equipment in line with both Health and Safety at Work regulations and their own employer’s
procedures and observe appropriate precautions necessary when handling pressurised gases.
This Maintenance Procedure should be read fully before commencing servicing and testing.
ii) Frequency Checking
Regular performance checking of the paraPAC ventilator must be carried out with equipment
calibrated to ensure accuracy under the flow patterns generated by the ventilator.
The user should determine the frequency of periodic checks dependent upon the intensity of use.
Normally this would be not more often than once every 6 months but at least once every 2 years.
iii) Oxygen Safety
WARNING: Oil, grease or combustible lubricants, other than those approved for oxygen
service, must never be allowed to come into contact with the parts of the ventilator,
oxygen regulator, cylinder, repair tools or repair surfaces used in the servicing of this
equipment. Particular care should be taken to avoid any trace of contamination around
the oxygen inlet and outlet ports of the ventilator. Oil or grease oxidise readily and in
the presence of oxygen will burn violently.
Regulator assemblies must not be immersed in liquid at any time.
iv) Note to Service Engineers
It is the responsibility of the customer to present the equipment in a fit condition for use and therefore
servicing (if this is not your responsibility). This should enable you to quickly assess the condition of
the equipment overall and any obvious damage.
v) MRI:
When the ventilator is being used/or likely to be used in an MR Environment, it is important
that only MR compatible spares or accessories are used. This must be checked as part of the on
site maintenance procedure.
vi) CE marking
The paraPAC ventilators described in this manual carry a CE mark to certify that they have been
manufactured to conform to the requirements of the European Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC.
To ensure that this equipment is maintained to the requirements of the Directive only accessories,
ancillaries and spares authorised by the manufacturer should be fitted. All such parts sold by Smiths
Medical have /CE incorporated in their order code. Parts that are not marked with /CE are only for
sale outside the countries bound by the Directive.
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