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PROTECTING AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD)
CAUTION
• Always use ESD protective equipment before opening antistatic bags and servicing electronic parts.
• Do not place unprotected circuit boards on the floor.
• All electronic service parts will be shipped in static shielding bags. Do not open the bags until you have completed
steps 2 and 3 of the Static Protection Procedure.
Note:
Always ship back circuit boards to Stryker in the same antistatic bags that the new boards were
originally shipped in.
The electronic circuits in the product are completely protected from static electricity damage when factory assembled.
Always use adequate static protection when servicing the electronic systems of the
product. All service personnel must
use static protection whenever they are touching wires.
Static Antistatic Protection Equipment Includes:
• 1 antistatic wrist strap
• 1 grounding plug
• 1 test lead with a banana plug on one end and an alligator clip on the other end
Static Protection Procedure
1. Unplug the power cord from the power source.
2. Insert the grounding plug into a properly grounded hospital grade wall receptacle. Plug the banana plug of the
test lead into the receptacle on the grounding plug. Connect the alligator clip on the other end of the test lead to
a ground point on the bed.
3. Place the static control wrist strap on your wrist. Connect the alligator clip at the other end of the wrist strap cord
to a ground point on the bed.
Static Discharge Precautions
BED
GROUNDING DIAGRAM