Omron Healthcare NE-U17 instruction manual Contents

Notes on Safety

■The warning signs and the sample icons shown here are listed for you to use this product safely and correctly as well as to prevent the risk of injury to you and others.

■The icons and meanings are as follows.

Warning sign		Contents
	Warning	Indicates matters in which the possibility of death or severe bodily injury may arise as a result of
		incorrect handling.
	Caution	handling.Indicates matters in which bodily injury or material damage* may arise as a result of incorrect

*Material damage refers to a wide range of damage involving your house, household goods, domestic animals, and pets.

Examples of signs

The	icon indicates caution (including warning and danger).			The pictured	The pictured
Matters involving actual caution are indicated by statements				icon refers to	icon refers to
or pictures in or near		.		“caution for	“caution for
				flammability”.	electric shock”.
The	icon indicates prohibitions (what you cannot do).			The pictured	The pictured
Matters involving specific prohibitions are indicated by text or				icon refers to	icon refers
pictures shown in or near			.	“prohibition to	to “general
				disassemble”.	prohibition”.
The ● icon indicates something that is compulsory (must be				The pictured	The pictured
				icon refers	icon refers to
observed at any time).
Matters involving specific compulsory actions are indicated by				to “general	“unplugging the
statements or pictures shown in or near ●.				compulsion”.	power plug”.

Warning

Only use medications as prescribed and instructed by your doctor.

• Your physical conditions may change for the worse.

When you use the unit for the first time after purchasing it or after having not used it for a long time, be sure to clean and disinfect it. (Refer to Pages 15 to 17.)

• Miscellaneous types of bacteria may propagate and you may get infected.

Clean and disinfect the medication cup, medication cup cover, mouthpiece and inhalation hose, each time the unit is used.

• Miscellaneous bacteria may propagate and you may become infected. If the unit is going to be used by more than one person, prepare a disinfected medication cup, medication cup cover, mouthpiece and inhalation hose, for each person before using it. This will prevent cross-infection.

Be sure to immediately dry the cleaned and disinfected parts, then store them in a dry place in order to prevent them from getting contaminated in the future.

In case of any problem with your nebuliser please contact your local OMRON service representative (address on/ inside package).

Do not use this device in combination with ventilation equipment.

• The pressure in the ventilation system may reduce significantly.

When assembling the cleaned, disinfected, and dried parts, do not touch the places where the medication and the nebulised medication pass through directly with your hands to prevent possible infection.

Do not make any contact with the vibrator while the power plug is plugged into the electric outlet.

• You may suffer electric shock or injure yourself.

Do not plug in or pull the power plug from the electric outlet with wet hands.

• You may suffer electric shock or injure yourself.

Do not wash the main unit with water, or splash water to the power source, do not use the nebuliser while you are in bath or having a shower, never submerge the nebuliser in water.

• Short circuit may occur in the unit or you may suffer electric shock.

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