Delphi II DL-00035 Medical Alarms User Manual


 
DL-00035 Rev. 4
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PRECAUTION:
1. U.S.FEDERALLAWRESTRICTSTHISDEVICETOSALEBYORONTHE
ORDER OF A PHYSICIAN.
2. THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A PRIMARY
SOURCEOFMEDICALINFORMATION.CONTACTCLINICIANWITH
QUESTIONS.
3. FORCONTINUEDOPERATION,ALWAYSCONNECTTHEMONITORTOA
WALLOUTLET.FAILURETODOTHISCANLEADTOANINTERRUPTION
OFMONITORING.
4. THERE ARE NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS IN THIS DEVICE.
5. PORTABLE AND MOBILE RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT CAN AFFECT THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR. IF
THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
WORKINGNORMALLY,TRYTORELOCATEORREORIENTTHE
VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR.
6. USEOFACCESSORIESNOTAPPROVEDFORUSEWITHTHEVITALPOINT
HOME MONITOR MAY RESULT IN INCREASED EMISSIONS OR
DECREASED IMMUNITY OF THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR. REFER TO
THE APPROVED ACCESSORIES LIST FOR THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR.
7. THE VITALPOINT HOME MONITOR SHOULD NOT BE USED ADJACENT
TOORSTACKEDWITHOTHEREQUIPMENT;ANDTHATIFADJACENT
ORSTACKEDUSEISNECESSARY,THEVITALPOINTHOMEMONITOR
SHOULD BE OBSERVED TO VERIFY NORMAL OPERATION.
8. THESECHEMICALSMAYDAMAGETHEMONITOR’SFRONTPANEL:
ACETALDEHYDE, ACETONE, AMMONIA, BENZENE, HYDROXYTOLUENE,
METHYLENE CHLORIDE, OR OZONE. DO NOT USE THOSE CHEMICALS
ORCLEANSERSCONTAININGN-ALKYLDIMETHYLBENZYLAMMONIUM
CHLORIDE.
9. NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE PRECAUTIONS:
•DONOTAPPLYTHENON-INVASIVEBLOODPRESSURECUFFON
THE SAME LIMB AS THE SpO
2
SENSOR.DURINGBLOODPRESSURE
MEASUREMENTS, THE PERFUSION IS TEMPORARILY REDUCED,
WHICHCANRESULTININACCURATEPULSEOXIMETRYREADINGS.
•DONOTALLOWTHENON-INVASIVEBLOODPRESSURECUFFOR
HOSETOCOMEINCONTACTWITHFLUIDS.IFTHISOCCURS,
ALLOWTODRYTHOROUGHLYBEFOREUSE.CHECKTHEHOSE
ANDCUFFFREQUENTLYFORSIGNSOFDAMAGEORDEBRIS.AN
OBSTRUCTIONINTHEHOSEMAYINTERFEREWITHINFLATIONAND
DEFLATION,RESULTINGININACCURATENON-INVASIVEBLOOD
PRESSUREREADINGS.
PRECAUTIONS OVERVIEW