6.6 Responsibility of the Device Owner
The Device Owner is the person who operates the device for commer-
cial or business purposes himself or entrusts operation/use to a third party,
and who bears the legal product responsibility to protect the user, per-
sonnel, or third parties during operation of the unit.
The device is used in the medical field. The device owner has certain le-
gal obligations, including with respect to occupational and patient safe-
ty.
NOTICE
1. The device owner is also obligated to know and comply
with all relevant, locally applicable laws and related
standards and guidelines at the time the device is in use.
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The device owner must obtain information on the applicable acci-
dent-prevention and hygiene regulations and also conduct a risk as-
sessment to identify hazards that arise from the particular working
conditions at the place where the device is used. Such risks must be
presented in the form of operating instructions.
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Throughout the period the device is used, the device owner must
check whether the operating instructions created correspond to the
latest edition of the standard regulations and make adjustments as
required.
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The device owner must clearly regulate and establish the responsibili-
ties for installation, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and
cleaning.
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The device owner must ensure that all employees working with the
device have read and understood this operating manual. Further-
more, the operator must periodically train personnel and review the
dangers.
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The device owner must ensure that the maintenance intervals and
safety inspections specified in this operating manual are observed.
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The device owner must ensure that only accessories exclusively ap-
proved and released by BERCHTOLD are used in conjunction with the
device.
Device Owner
Responsibilities of the
Device Owner
Risk assessment
Responsibilities of
personnel
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