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Customer Service Toll-Free: 800.575.1900
Safety Features
The AffloVest was designed with maximum safety in mind,
therefore it contains the following safety features:
Motors operate at safe, low voltages
Controller contains a fuse in the event of electrical
problems
The controller operates on a timer to ensure shut-off
User Information
IMPORTANT
The AffloVest should be worn over clothing or with a fabric
shield to prevent cross-contamination in a clinic or hospital
setting where more than one patient uses the unit The
AffloVest should be cleaned appropriately between patient
use, see the Cleaning the AffloVest section
According to the American Association for Respiratory
Care (AARC) Guidelines for Postural Drainage Therapy, the
decision to use the unit for airway clearance therapy (ACT)
requires careful consideration and a doctor’s assessment of
the individual patient’s case if the following conditions exist:
Intracranial pressure (ICP) greater than 20 mm Hg
Recent spinal surgery or acute spinal injury
Bronchopleural fistula
Pulmonary edema associated with congestive
heart failure
Large pleural effusions or empyema
Pulmonary embolism
Acute illness
Pregnancy or nursing mothers
Electronic implants
Rib fractures, with or without flail chest
Surgical wound or healing tissue or recent skin grafts or
flaps on the thorax
Uncontrolled hypertension
Distended abdomen
Recent esophageal surgery
Active or recent gross hemoptysis
Uncontrolled airway at risk for aspiration such as tube
feeding or a recent meal
Subcutaneous emphysema
Recent epidural spinal infusion or spinal anesthesia
Burns, open wounds and skin infections on the thorax
Recent placement of transvenous or subcutaneous
pacemaker
Suspected pulmonary tuberculosis
Lung contusion
Bronchospasm
Osteoporosis or osteomyelitis of the ribs
Coagulopathy
Complaint of chest wall pain
