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The host equipment should be equipped with an appropriate alarm system to remind the
user of circumstances which may cause death or serious damages to the patient‟s health.
Every corresponding alarm message in IRMA state abstract fields must be implemented in
the host equipment.
The IRMA probe is not designed to be contactable to the patient.
Incorrect probe zeroing will result in false gas readings.
The IRMA probe is designed for being used by authorized or trained medical personnel.
The IRMA probe is not designed shall not be used in an inflammable anesthetic gas.
A disposable IRMA airway adapter shall not be used repeatedly. Repeatedly using a
disposable adapter will cause cross infection.
Used disposable airway adapters should be disposed according to local medical waste
stipulations.
Only oxygen sensors made by PHASEIN can be used. Oxygen exhausted oxygen sensors
should be disposed according to local battery disposal stipulations.
Never try to open the oxygen sensor device. The oxygen sensor in the IRMA probe is a
disposable product, containing corrosive electrolytes and lead.
The IRMA probe is designed only as an auxiliary means for patient evaluation. It must be
used together with other vital sign and symptom evaluation equipment.
Never place the IRMA airway adapter somewhere between the trachea catheter and the
elbow; otherwise it may result in the adapter window being clogged by the patient‟s
secretions and operating errors.
In order to prevent secretions and moisture from aggregating at the window and the
oxygen sensor port, always place the IRMA probe at a vertical position and let the LED
face upwards.
Never use the IRMA airway adapter together with a quantitative spraying agent or spray;
otherwise it may affect the light traveling of the airway adapter window.
If an IRMA OR (without the automatic anesthetic gas identification function) user select a
wrong anesthetic gas, it will result in false anesthetic gas readings.
If the IRMA OR (without the automatic anesthetic gas identification function) is applied to
a mixed gas containing several anesthetic gases, it will result in false anesthetic gas
readings.
Mobile and radio frequency communication equipment will affect measurement. You