Philips V26CT, V24CT manual Monitor Installation Patient Safety

Monitor Installation and Patient Safety

Installation Information

Combining If it is not evident from the instrument specifications whether a

Equipment particular instrument combination is hazardous or not, for example due to summation of leakage currents, the user should consult the manufacturers concerned or else an expert in the field, to ensure that the necessary safety of all instruments concerned will not be impaired by the proposed combination.

Warning

•Any combination of the Philips M1165/66/67/75/76/77A CMS or the Philips M1205A V24 and V26 Patient Monitor with non- medical equipment must comply with IEC 601-1-1. The monitor must be properly grounded, or the non-medical device (e.g. a printer or an ITE display) properly isolated. Isolation may be achieved by powering the non-medical device through a safety isolation transformer. This must be done in order to prevent the possibility of an electrical shock hazard (to the user and or patient) from excessive ground leakage currents from the non- medical device such as a printer.

•V24 and V26 only: In normal AC line operation grounding the monitor is accomplished by ensuring that the AC line cord is connected from the monitor to a properly grounded AC receptacle. When the V24CT or V26CT is operated in battery mode, the possibility of an electrical shock hazard is especially prevalent. Alternatively and additionally, proper grounding may

be achieved by attaching a safety grounded wire to the threaded safety ground (protective earth) stud found on the rear of the monitor.

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