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10. Alarms And Limits
WARNING: Do not silence the audible alarm or decrease its volume if patient
safety could be compromised.
WARNING: Each time the monitor is used, check alarm limits to ensure that
they are appropriate for the patient being monitored.
WARNING: The audible and visual alarms on the monitor, used in conjunction
with clinical signs and symptoms, are the primary source for notifying
medical personnel that an alarm condition exists.
WARNING: If different alarm presets are used for the same or similar
equipment in any single area, e.g. an intensive care unit or cardiac operating
theatre, a potential hazard can exist.
CAUTION: For patient safety, all alarms are reset to the factory default levels
whenever the patient type is changed. This means that you must either accept the
default alarm limits or set new limits every time you change patient type.
CAUTION: The high alarm limit for any vital sign is always higher than the low
alarm limit for the same vital sign. For example, the alarm limit for systolic high is
always higher than the alarm limit for systolic low.
Note:
For adjusting alarm volume, you may refer to section 6.8, of this manual.
Alarm volume is set to ‘4’ as a factory default.
10.1
General
When the monitor detects certain conditions that require user attention, such as out-of-
limit vital signs, the monitor enters an alarm state. The monitor response is indicated by
visual and audible indication
Table 8. Alarm Indication
Alarm Condition
Alarm Indication
Battery Failure
Loss of Pulse
Presenting appropriate error codes and sounding audible alarms.
Note: In case of loss of pulse alarm, error code (E44) is fl ashing
Limit violation
Flashing the violating value in the appropriate display and
sounding audible alarms.
Other system or
measurement error
Presenting appropriate error codes and sounding audible alarms
if available.
Alar
ms and Limits
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