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EALTHCARE
PROPRIETARY TO GE
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VIVID P3 S
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ANUAL
8-2
Section 8-2 - Disassembly/Re-assembly of VIVID P3
Section 8-2
Disassembly/Re-assembly of VIVID P3
8-2-1
Warning and Caution
8-2-2
Returning/Shipping for repairs
Equipment being returned must be clean, free of blood and other infectious substances.
GEHC policy states that body fluids must be properly removed from every part or equipment prior to
shipment. GEHC employees, as well as customers, are responsible for ensuring that parts/equipment
have been decontaminated prior to shipment. Under no circumstances should a part or equipment with
visible fluids be taken or shipped from a clinic or site (For example: body coils or an ultrasound probe).
The purpose of the regulation is to protect employees in the transportation industry, as well as the
people who receives or opens the package.
NOTE:
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has ruled that “items that were saturated and/or
dripping with human blood that are now caked with dried blood; or which were used or intended
to use in patient care” are “regulated medical waste” for transportation purposes and must be
transported as a hazardous material.
If Vivid P3 is sent for repair, ensure that the patient information is erased from the USB Pendrive/ USB
HDD, or the USB Pendrive/USB HDD is removed from the Vivid P3 before shipping. In case, if any
patient information is still residing on the Vivid P3, GE will contact the customer and request for urgent
collection of that patient information. GE will keep this patient information in a secured environment for
a maximum period of one month. All patient information will be permanently deleted after one month.
It is not allowed to send the PHI (Patient Healthcare Information) data outside the confidential Patient-
Doctor environment without encryption of PHI. If PHI is sent to GE employees for troubleshooting
purpose, all PHI should be encrypted or protected from unauthorized access by using PKZIP to
compress the files with a password and the PHI can be sent only via GE intranet. GE intranet for Vivid
P3 is
http://libraries.ge.com/foldersIndex.do?entity_id=12065698101&sid=101&sf=1
Do not email the data which includes “PHI”.
WARNING
WARNING
ONLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL SHOULD REMOVE ANY COVERS OR
PANELS. ELECTRICAL HAZARDS EXISTS AT SEVERAL POINTS INSIDE. BECOME
THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR WITH ALL HAZARDOUS VOLTAGES AND HIGH CURRENT
LEVELS TO AVOID ACCIDENTAL CONTACT
CAUTION
Do not wear the ESD wrist strap when you remove a part of power supply unit. Turn OFF power
and unplug the power cord before removing a part of power supply unit.
