Cardinal Health Alaris 8000 Series Directions For Use Manual page 265

Features and Definitions (Continued)
8210 Series
SatSeconds
SatSeconds Alarm
Management Technology
Alaris System Directions for Use
®
SpO Modules Section
2
Features and Displays (Continued)
SatSeconds limits controls time
limits before an audible alarm sounds. Method of calculation is as
follows:
Number of percentage points
multiplied by number of seconds
that limit.
Points x Seconds = SatSeconds
Points =
Seconds = number of seconds
outside of limit
Saturation levels may fluctuate rather than remain steady for a period
of several seconds. Often,
below alarm limit, reentering nonalarm range several times. During
such fluctuations,
both positive and negative, until either SatSeconds limit (SatSeconds
time setting) is reached or
range and remains there.
SatSeconds "Safety Net" is for patients with saturation levels having
frequent excursions below limit but not staying below limit long
enough for SatSeconds time setting to be reached. When
limit violations occur within
SatSeconds time setting has not been reached.
With SatSeconds Alarm Management Technology, upper and lower
alarm limits are set in the same way as with traditional alarm
management. A SatSeconds limit can be set to allow monitoring of
p below selected low alarm limit for a period of time before an
%S O
2
audible alarm sounds.
(8210)
%S
p percentage points outside of limit
%S O
2
p
%S O
p Module integrates number of
S O
2
p
%S O
seconds, an alarm sounds, even if
60
p level may fall outside alarm
O
2
p falls outside of alarm limit is
%S O
2
p level remains outside
%S O
2
p remains at that point
%S O
2
levels may fluctuate above and
2
level returns to within a normal
2
General Information
p points,
%S O
2
or more
3
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