About Warnings And Cautions; General Warnings And Cautions - Welch Allyn Connex Directions For Use Manual

About warnings and cautions

Warning and caution statements can appear on the central station, the packaging, the
shipping container, or in this document.
The central station is safe for patients and clinicians when used in accordance with the
instructions and with the warning and caution statements presented in this manual.
Before using the central station, familiarize all operating personnel with the general
safety information in this summary. Specific warnings and cautions are also found
throughout this manual.
• Failure to understand and observe any warning statement in this manual could lead
to patient illness, injury, or death.
• Failure to understand and observe any caution statement in this manual could lead to
damage to the equipment or other property, or loss of patient data.

General warnings and cautions

WARNING The central station must only be used in a healthcare setting
by clinical personnel who have been properly trained to the safe and
efficacious use of the product.
WARNING False alarms may occur in some situations. You must
understand and address the cause of the false alarms whenever possible
to eliminate the possibility of repeated false alarms and alarm fatigue,
which might result in a failure to respond to an actual alarm situation.
WARNING Many environmental variables, including patient physiology and
clinical application, can affect the accuracy and performance of the central
station. The clinician must verify all vital signs information before treating
the patient. If there is any question about the accuracy of a measurement,
verify the measurement using another clinically accepted method.
WARNING All wireless systems are prone to intermittent signal dropout.
Make sure that the patient only has conditions that can tolerate intermittent
monitoring interruptions. The patient monitor is the primary alarm. The
central station provides a less robust additional alarm per IEC 60601-1-8.
Alarm delays were measured between the central station and a patient
monitor and the same alarm from the central station to a third party alarm
notification system. Delays are less than 10 total seconds, not including
any alarm hold-off settings set by your facility. However, network speeds
vary and your performance may vary, depending on the speed of your
network.
5