General Warnings And Cautions - Dräger Babytherm 8004 Instructions For Use Manual

General WARNINGS and CAUTIONS

The following WARNINGS and CAUTIONS apply to general
operation of the device. WARNINGS and CAUTIONS specific
to subsystems or particular features appear with those topics
in later sections of the manual.
Note on EMC/ESD risk for the device function
General information on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
pursuant to international EMC standard IEC 60601-1-2: 2001
Electromedical devices are subject to special precautionary
measures concerning electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
and must be installed and put into operation in accordance
with the EMC information included in the technical documen-
tation which is available from DrägerService on request.
Portable and mobile RF communications equipment can
affect medical electrical equipment.
WARNING
Connector pins with an ESD warning sign
should not be touched and no connections
should be made between these connectors
without implementing ESD protective measures. Such
precautionary procedures may include antistatic cloth-
ing and shoes, the touch of a ground stud before and
during connecting the pins or the use of electrically iso-
lating and antistatic gloves. All staff involved in the
above shall receive instruction in these ESD precau-
tionary procedures.
CAUTION
It is the responsibility of the appropriate clinical decision-
maker to draw conclusions from the skin temperature meas-
urements taken.
WARNING
Baby control mode must not be used with children who
are in shock or who have fever.
WARNING
Only use the integrated scale to determine the weight of
the patient.
Failure to follow the Instructions for Use can lead to
severe inaccuracies in measuring the patient's weight.
To safeguard critical therapeutic decisions based on
the patient's weight, the weighing result should be
checked against a reference measurement on an exter-
nal scale.
For Your Safety and that of Your Patients
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