20 NetworkAIR Rack Air Removal Unit Installation
Life-Support Policy

General policy

American Power Conversion (APC) does not recommend the use of any of its products in the
following situations:
• In life-support applications where failure or malfunction of the APC product can be reasonably
expected to cause failure of the life-support device or to affect significantly its safety or
effectiveness.
•In direct patient care.
APC will not knowingly sell its products for use in such applications unless it receives in writing
assurances satisfactory to APC that (a) the risks of injury or damage have been minimized, (b) the
customer assumes all such risks, and (c) the liability of American Power Conversion is adequately
protected under the circumstances.
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Examples of life-support devices

The term life-support device includes but is not limited to neonatal oxygen analyzers, nerve
stimulators (whether used for anesthesia, pain relief, or other purposes), autotransfusion devices,
blood pumps, defibrillators, arrhythmia detectors and alarms, pacemakers, hemodialysis systems,
peritoneal dialysis systems, neonatal ventilator incubators, ventilators (for adults and infants),
anesthesia ventilators, infusion pumps, and any other devices designated as “critical” by the U.S.
FDA.
Hospital-grade wiring devices and leakage current protection may be ordered as options on many
APC UPS systems. APC does not claim that units with this modifications are certified or listed as
hospital-grade by APC or any other organization. Therefore these units do not meet the requirements
for use in direct patient care.
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