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2-2 Dash 2000 Patient Monitor Revision C
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For Your Safety
Intended Use
Terminology
Monitor Safety
Dangers
The intended use of the monitoring system is to monitor physiologic
parameter data on adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients between all
acuity care areas.
Physiologic data includes the parameters covered in this manual. The
monitoring system is also intended to provide physiologic data over the
Unity network to clinical information systems. This information can be
displayed, trended, stored, and printed.
The terms danger, warning, and caution are used throughout this manual
to point out hazards and to designate a degree or level of seriousness.
Familiarize yourself with their definitions and significance.
Hazard is defined as a source of potential injury to a person.
DANGER indicates an imminent hazard which, if not avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.
WARNING indicates a potential hazard or unsafe practice which, if not
avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION indicates a potential hazard or unsafe practice which, if not
avoided, could result in minor personal injury or product/property damage.
NOTE provides application tips or other useful information to assure that
you get the most from your equipment.
The safety statements presented in this chapter refer to the equipment in
general and, in most cases, apply to all aspects of the monitor. There are
additional safety statements in the parameter chapters which are specific
to that monitored parameter.
The order in which safety statements are presented in no way implies order
of importance.
There are no dangers that refer to the equipment in general. Specific
"Danger" statements may be given in the respective sections of this
manual.