Sanitas SBC 28, Instructions For Use Manual

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Please read these instructions for use carefully and keep them
for later use, be sure to make them accessible to other users
and observe the information they contain.
1. Getting to know your instrument
The wrist blood pressure monitor is used for non-invasive meas-
urement and monitoring of adults’ arterial blood pressure.
You can use it to measure your blood pressure quickly and
easily, storing the results and displaying the progression of
readings. A warning is issued for anyone suffering from car-
diac arrhythmia.
The values determined are classified and graphically evaluated
according to WHO guidelines.
Keep these instructions carefully for further use and also let
other users have access to them.
2. Important information
Advice on use
• Always measure your blood pressure at the same time of day,
in order to ensure that values are comparable.
• Relax for approx. 5 minutes before each measurement.
• You should not eat, drink, smoke or do exercise for at least
30 minutes before taking the measurement.
• You should wait five minutes before measuring a second
time.
• The readings that you take may only be used for information
purposes – they are not a substitute for a medical examina-
tion! Discuss your results with the doctor. Never use them to
make medical decisions independently (e.g. regarding medi-
cation and dosage thereof).
• If circulation on one arm is restricted as a result of chronic
or acute vascular disease (including vasoconstriction), the
precision of any wrist measurement is impaired. In this case,
use a blood pressure monitor for the upper arm.
• There may be incorrect measurements where there is car-
diocirculatory disease, as well as with very low blood pres-
sure, circulatory disorders, dysrhythmia and other preexisting
diseases.
• For hygienic reasons the cuff is intended only for the use by
one person.
• Only use the instrument on persons whose wrist has the right
circumference for the instrument.
• You may only operate the blood pressure monitor with bat-
teries. Note that it is only possible to save data when your
blood pressure monitor is receiving power. As soon as the
batteries are dead, the date and time on the blood pressure
monitor are lost. Any measurement results that have been
stored are however retained.
• The automatic switch-off function switches off the blood
pressure monitor in order to preserve the batteries, if no
button is pressed within one minute.
Storage and Care
• The blood pressure monitor is made up of precision electronic
components. Accuracy of readings and the instrument’s serv-
ice life depend on careful handling.
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