Alarms
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Instructions for use – Infinity Acute Care System – Monitoring Applications VG6.n
When you deactivate alarms, no acoustic and
optical alarm signals are triggered for that
parameter. When alarm monitoring is deactivated,
a crossed out triangle (A) appears in the parameter
field.
When you activate the alarm function for a
parameter, the set alarm limits replace the crossed
out triangle, provided the alarm limits display is
activated (see page 458).
Setting the upper and lower alarm limits
You can configure the upper and lower alarm limits
of a parameter manually to trigger acoustic and
optical alarm signals if a parameter goes above or
below the set limits. You can also auto set the alarm
limits of all parameters quickly based on a
percentage. For more information on the Auto set
function, see page 139.
For information regarding special SpO
2
alarm limit
behavior, refer to the chapters
SpO2 and Pulse
CO-Ox monitoring with Masimo SET MCable
on
page 260, and
SpO2 and pulse rate with Nellcor
OxiMax MCable
on page
277.
Archive function
Depending on the active archive setting, the
following happens in response to an alarm limit
violation:
– An automatic strip recording (see chapter
"Reports/recordings").
– An electronic event storage in the alarm history
for later review (see page 139). For information
on configuring the archive function, see
"Changing general alarm settings" on
page 130.
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WARNING
Setting alarm limits to extreme values may
prevent certain alarm conditions from being
detected and from being annunciated with
acoustic and optical alarm signals.
