GE Giraffe OmniBed Carestation CS1, Service Manual

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About this Manual
Technical Competence
Technical Competence
The procedures described in this service manual should be performed by trained and authorized personnel
only. Maintenance should only be undertaken by competent individuals who have a general knowledge of
and experience with devices of this nature. No repairs should ever be undertaken or attempted by anyone
not having such qualifications. Genuine replacement parts manufactured or sold by GE Healthcare must be
used for all repairs. Read completely through each step in every procedure before starting the procedure;
any exceptions may result in a failure to properly and safely complete the attempted procedure.
Conventions
This section introduces the various types of warnings, cautions, information notes, and symbols used in this
manual to alert you to possible safety hazards and to provide you with additional information.
Note: A Note provides additional information to clarify a point in the text.
Important: An Important statement is similar to a note, but is used for greater emphasis.
Warning: A Warning statement is used when the possibility of injury to the patient or the
operator exists. (The warning icon is yellow.)
Caution: A Caution statement is used when the possibility of damage to the equipment
exists.
Sensitive to electrostatic discharge caution: An Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Susceptibility
symbol is displayed to alert service personnel that the part(s) are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge and that static control procedures must be used to prevent damage to the
equipment.
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