General safety considerations
• If the monitor detects an unrecoverable problem, it displays an error message. For more
information see “Troubleshooting.”
• To ensure patient safety, use only accessories recommended or supplied by Welch Allyn. (See
“VSM 6000 series approved accessories” in the Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor 6000 Series
Directions for use (part number 103501)). Always use accessories according to your facility’s
standards and according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and instructions. Always
follow the manufacturer’s directions for use.
• Welch Allyn recommends that only Welch Allyn service personnel or an authorized repair
center perform warranty service. Performing unauthorized service on a device that is within
warranty may void the warranty.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
Caution Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage or destroy electronic
components. Handle static-sensitive components only at static-safe workstation.
Caution Assume that all electrical and electronic components of the monitor are
static-sensitive.
Electrostatic discharge is a sudden current flowing from a charged object to another object or to
ground. Electrostatic charges can accumulate on common items such as foam drinking cups,
cellophane tape, synthetic clothing, untreated foam packaging material, and untreated plastic bags
and work folders, to name only a few.
Electronic components and assemblies, if not properly protected against ESD, can be permanently
damaged or destroyed when near or in contact with electrostatically charged objects. When you
handle components or assemblies that are not in protective bags and you are not sure whether
they are static-sensitive, assume that they are static-sensitive and handle them accordingly.
• Perform all service procedures in a static-protected environment. Always use techniques and
equipment designed to protect personnel and equipment from electrostatic discharge.
• Remove static-sensitive components and assemblies from their static-shielding bags only at
static-safe workstations—a properly grounded table and grounded floor mat—and only when
you are wearing a grounded wrist strap (with a resistor of at least 1 megohm in series) or other
grounding device.
• Use only grounded tools when inserting, adjusting, or removing static-sensitive components
and assemblies.
• Remove or insert static-sensitive components and assemblies only with monitor power turned
off.
• Insert and seal static-sensitive components and assemblies into their original static-shielding
bags before removing them from static-protected areas.
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Safety Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor 6000 Series™
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