Operating Your Monitor; Using The Monitor Safely - Philips SureSigns VS1 Manuel D'utilisation

This chapter describes some of the basic functionality of the VS1 monitor. It includes information on using
the controls to change system settings, save data, and change the system date and time.
This manual describes the fully configured VS1 monitor (model
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Pulse, Pulse Oximetry, and Temperature displays, plus a recorder. If you do not have a fully configured
monitor, some of the information in this manual may not apply to your unit.

Using the Monitor Safely

Ensure that the monitor is in proper working condition before clinical use. If the accuracy of any
measurement does not seem reasonable, first check the patient's vital signs by alternative means and then
with the monitor to make sure it is working properly.
If you connect the monitor to any instrument, verify proper operation before clinical use. Refer to that
instrument's Instructions for Use guide for full instructions.
Anyone who connects additional equipment to the signal input port or signal output port configures a
medical system and is therefore responsible to ensure that the system complies with the requirements of
system standard IEC Standard 60601-1. If in doubt, contact the Philips Response Center or your local
Philips representative.
The care and handling of all accessories should be in accordance with local hospital guidelines, policies,
and procedures.
The monitor and its accessories must be tested by qualified service personnel at regular intervals to
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verify proper operation, according to the procedures of the user's institution.
Warning Explosion hazard. Equipment not suitable for use in the presence of a flammable anesthetic mixture
with air, or with oxygen or nitrous oxide.
Electric shock hazard. Covers should be removed only by qualified service personnel. There are no
user-serviceable parts inside.
If you suspect a problem with parts inside the monitor, unplug the device and contact your biomed or
local Philips representative. Do not open the monitor or attempt to change the battery.
Do not connect accessory equipment to the monitor's data interface.
Route patient cabling to reduce the possibility of patient entanglement or strangulation.
Do not place the monitor in any position that might cause it to fall on the patient. Do not lift the
monitor by the power supply cord or patient connections because disconnection could then result in
the monitor dropping on the patient.
Service should be performed by qualified service personnel only.
This device can be damaged by energy discharged from a defibrillator. Disconnect the SpO
temperature probes from the monitor before defibrillator discharge.
All wire-lead patient-connected transducer assemblies are subject to reading error, local heating, and
possible damage from high-intensity sources of RF energy. Electro-surgical equipment's capacitively-
coupled currents may seek alternate paths to ground through probe cables and associated
instruments; patient burns may result. If possible, remove the probes from patient before activating
the surgical unit or other RF source. To reduce hazards, select a temperature monitoring point that is
remote from the expected RF current path to ground return pad. Appropriate probe selection and
application must be determined then applied.

Operating Your Monitor

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