Philips IntelliVue Series, Installation And Service Manual

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Site Preparation
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Site Planning and Preparation
Site Preparation
This Section gives more detailed information on the preparation of a site for IntelliVue
Information Center system installations.
Equipment
Location
The Information Center system should be centrally located in the clinical environment so that
nursing staff have convenient and ready access to the Information Center display, where
patient information is available, and to patients’ bedsides. Typically, the central monitoring
station is a flat work surface situated at the hub of the patient environment. The display is
positioned so that the monitoring nurse can view both the display and the patient areas. See
Figure 4-8 .
Figure 4-8 Typical IntelliVue Information Center Monitoring Location
There are a variety of ways to locate Information Center equipment that satisfy these
guidelines. In general, components used most frequently by monitoring nurses -- display,
keyboard, mouse, speaker, recorders, printer -- are located near where they can monitor
patients most conveniently.
Items that are used less frequently -- processing unit, UPS, power supplies -- can be located
in an out-of-the-way location that will not interfere with the monitoring process. The
locations of these components should allow access by service personnel without disruption to
the clinical environment.
Note Each piece of equipment should have at least 2 in. (5 cm) of clearance on all sides for proper
air circulation.
The maximum acceptable cabling distance from a peripheral device to the Information Center
PC is 6 m (19.7 ft.).
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