Warnings, Cautions And Notes - Siare Falco 101 User Manual

Warnings, cautions and notes

You are advised to carefully read the information given alongside the three
symbols shown on the previous page, since it contains considerations on
the safety, the special requirements for the use Falco 101 lung ventilator
(hereinafter called ventilator) and the relative safety regulations.
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Falco 101
In order to understand how the ventilator works and how to use it
correctly to ensure patient and user safety, the recommendations and
instructions contained in this manual must be read with care and
understood.
In order to grant maximum reliability and to ensure the patient and
operator's safety, the ventilator was designed and manufactured
following warranty standards of quality of the product and its
components. Any part of circuit must therefore only be replaced with
original spare parts supplied or checked by SIARE.
The ventilator must only be used for the purposes specified herein and
the safety of the ventilator is therefore only guaranteed if it is used in
accordance with the instructions given in this manual.
The ventilator must only be used by qualified personnel and only in
equipped and dedicated rooms, according to the regulations in force in
the country where the ventilator is installed. Furthermore, during all the
operation of ventilator, it is required the presence of qualified personnel.
Regarding the general safety and to ensure correct technical assistance
and avoid possible physical damage to the patient, the maintenance
schedule foreseen in this manual must be respected; qualified
personnel must only carry out maintenance of the ventilator or
authorised modifications to the ventilator. The user of this product is
solely responsible for any operating defect caused by improper use or
interventions carried out by third parties other than specialised SIARE
personnel.
The maintenance and the replacement of any part have to be
performed by authorized service personnel and only original SIARE
spare parts or components checked by SIARE should be used.
Regarding the general safety of the electro-medical equipment, it is
important to follow all rules about the interaction between the machine
and the patient, the operator and the nearby environment.
For any repairs to ventilator (due to malfunctioning, defects or failures),
the user must contact SIARE or the authorised local Technical Service
Centre; it is advisable to specify the data on the identification label
(model, serial number, ......) when requesting intervention.
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