Alarms And Limits; High Priority Alarms; Medium Priority Alarms; Table 7. High Priority Alarms - Nonin Avant 9600 Operator's Manual

Alarms and Limits

CAUTION: Review all limits to ensure they are appropriate for the patient.
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CAUTION: Setting alarm limits to extremes can render the alarm system useless.
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The intended operator's position for correctly perceiving a visual alarm signal and its priority is
1 meter (3.3 feet), per IEC 60601-1-8.

High Priority Alarms

High priority alarms require immediate attention to the patient. High priority alarms are indicated
with rapidly blinking red LEDs in sync with the Main Alarm LED, when alarm limits are met or
exceeded. Low perfusion is indicated by a red segment on the Pulse Strength Bar Graph LED.
High priority alarms are: 3 beeps, pause, 2 beeps and a 10-second pause. This sequence
repeats until the alarm is cleared or silenced. The following table describes the default settings,
adjustment ranges and intervals.
High Priority Alarm Description
SpO Upper Alarm Limit
2
SpO Lower Alarm Limit
2
Pulse Upper Alarm Limit
Pulse Lower Alarm Limit
Low Perfusion Alarm Red segment on Pulse Strength Bar Graph indicates low patient perfusion.

Medium Priority Alarms

Medium priority alarms signal potential problems with the equipment or other non-life-
threatening situations. Medium priority alarms are indicated with slowly blinking amber displays
on the Main alarm LED and the appropriate indicators or numeric displays. An error code may
display to identify the error source. See table in Error Code Section.
Medium priority alarms are: 3 beeps and a 25-second pause. This sequence repeats until the alarm
is cleared or silenced. The following table describes alarm conditions and visual indicators.
Alarm Condition
Low Battery Alarm
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Table 7: High Priority Alarms
Default Adjustment Options Adjustment Interval
Off Off, 80 to 100
85% Off, 50 to 95
200 BPM Off, 75 to 275
50 BPM Off, 30 to 110
Table 8: Medium Priority Alarms
Battery LED blinks in sync with Main Alarm LED.
Operating the Avant 9600
1% SpO
1% SpO
5 BPM
5 BPM
Visual Indicator
2
2