Section 7: Performance And Safety Tests; Required Test Equipment - Nellcor N-180 Manual

SECTION 7: PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY TESTS

INTRODUCTION

REQUIRED TEST EQUIPMENT

BUILDING THE TEST ADAPTERS AND FIXTURES
Introduction
Required Test Equipment
Building the Test Adapters and Fixtures
Testing Performance
Safety Tests
This section describes performance and safety test procedures. Perform the
tests in this section upon completion of any repair work. If a monitor fails to
perform as specified in any test, repair the monitor, and repeat the safety and
performance test. Continue until the monitor passes all tests. You need not
remove the monitor cover to perform these tests.
Note: Incorrect performance of the procedures described in this section may
affect monitor safety or accuracy. To ensure continued accuracy, you
must perform the procedures as described, using only the test
equipment specified in this section.
Table 7-1 lists required test equipment. The first item in the table is a special
test adapter you must fabricate (figure 7-1). Likewise, there are two fixtures
you must fabricate.
Table 7-1: Required Test Equipment
Item
Test adapter one
Bio-tek 370 or equivalent safety
analyzer
Digital multimeter
Durasensor
fixture
RCAL HI
fixture
RCAL LO
Oxisensor
Pulse oximeter tester
You need the following parts to build test adapter one (figure 7-1):
• One 9-pin male D-type connector
• One connector hood
• Wire
Here are the directions for building test adapter one:
1. Connect a conductor to each pin of the connector.
2. Connect respective ends of each conductor together.
3. Solder ends.
Description
Fabricated by customer
Must meet current Association for the
Advancement of Medical
Instrumentation (AAMI) specifications
Fluke Type 87 or equivalent
Nellcor DS-100A
Fabricated by customer
Fabricated by customer
Nellcor D-25
Nellcor PT-2500 or equivalent
7-1