Cardinal Health Alaris 8000 Series, Directions For Use Manual

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General Information
4-21 Alaris
®
System Directions for Use
SpO
2
Modules Section
Features and Displays (Continued)
Features and Definitions (Continued)
SatSeconds SatSeconds limits controls time
%S
p
O
2
level may fall outside alarm
limits before an audible alarm sounds. Method of calculation is as
follows:
Number of percentage points
%S
p
O
2
falls outside of alarm limit is
multiplied by number of seconds
%S
p
O
2
level remains outside
that limit.
Points x Seconds = SatSeconds
Points =
%S
p
O
2
percentage points outside of limit
Seconds = number of seconds
%S
p
O
2
remains at that point
outside of limit
Saturation levels may fluctuate rather than remain steady for a period
of several seconds. Often,
%S
p
O
2
levels may fluctuate above and
below alarm limit, reentering nonalarm range several times. During
such fluctuations,
S
p
O
2
Module integrates number of
%S
p
O
2
points,
both positive and negative, until either SatSeconds limit (SatSeconds
time setting) is reached or
%S
p
O
2
level returns to within a normal
range and remains there.
SatSeconds “Safety Net” is for patients with saturation levels having
frequent excursions below limit but not staying below limit long
enough for SatSeconds time setting to be reached. When
3
or more
limit violations occur within
60
seconds, an alarm sounds, even if
SatSeconds time setting has not been reached.
With SatSeconds Alarm Management Technology, upper and lower
alarm limits are set in the same way as with traditional alarm
management. A SatSeconds limit can be set to allow monitoring of
%S
p
O
2
below selected low alarm limit for a period of time before an
audible alarm sounds.
8210 Series
(8210)
SatSeconds Alarm
Management Technology