Welch Allyn Connex IWS, Directions For Use Manual

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WARNING
Patient safety risk. The EarlySense system is not intended for
high-risk patients in coronary or respiratory distress who require continuous
monitoring of heart function or CO2. For these patients, the most reliable
method of patient monitoring involves close personal surveillance and/or
equipment suited to that type of monitoring.
WARNING Patient injury risk. The patient should not have direct contact
with the bed sensor. A mattress, mattress pad, or mattress cover should
always be placed as a barrier between the sensor and the patient. Check
patients regularly to ensure that direct contact with the sensor does not
occur.
WARNING Patient safety risk. Provide careful oversight when the
EarlySense System is used with children.
CAUTION Sensor malfunction risk. Do not use EarlySense with patients
who weigh more than 200 kg (440 pounds).
CAUTION
Sensor malfunction or inaccurate measurement risk. Patients
should not share a bed with another person during EarlySense monitoring.
CAUTION Inaccurate measurement risk. The quality of measurements
might be affected by cable lengths. Do not shorten or extend the cable.
CAUTION Sensor malfunction risk. Do not allow patients to jump on the
bed or the bed sensor.
CAUTION Sensor malfunction risk. For patients with poor bladder function
or control, take care when placing the bed sensor under the mattress,
mattress pad, or mattress cover to prevent urine from contacting the
sensor.
CAUTION Sensor malfunction risk. Do not create sharp bends in the cable
to prevent tearing or breaking the shielding.
1. Verify that you are using the Continuous Monitoring profile.
Note If "Allow profile change" is enabled in Advanced settings, the
device attempts to shift automatically to the Continuous
Monitoring profile when you connect the sensor cable.
2. Touch the patient type control on the right side of the Patient frame.
The Patient Summary tab appears.
3. Select the patient type, then touch
OK
.
Note
Patient movement monitoring is not available for neonatal/
infant patients.
4. If sensor is not plugged into the device, align the EarlySense cable connector with
one of the EarlySense ports on the right side of the monitor. Insert the cable
connector until it clicks into place. Also check the stress relief connector on the cable
to ensure that both parts of the cable are tightly connected.
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