Safety Information - ETEKCITY TMB-1583-BS User Manual

Safety Information

Please read and follow all instructions and safety
guidelines in this manual.
CAUTION
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Contraindications:
• This monitor should not be used by any
person who is or may be pregnant. Besides
providing inaccurate readings, the effects
of this device on the fetus are unknown.
• This monitor is not suitable for use
on patients with implanted electrical
devices, such as cardiac pacemakers and
defibrillators.
• Using this monitor on patients undergoing
dialysis therapy or on anticoagulants,
antiplatelets, or steroids could cause
internal bleeding.
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Caution:
• If the arm cuff causes any discomfort,
immediately press to turn off the monitor.
• This monitor is intended for adult use in homes
only. Do not use the monitor on babies or
younger children. Consult your doctor before
using this monitor on older children.
• This monitor is not suitable for use on neonatal
patients, pregnant women, patients with
implanted electronic devices, patients with
pre-eclampsia, premature ventricular beats,
atrial fibrillation, or peripheral arterial disease,
patients undergoing intravascular therapy or
arterio-venous shunt, or patients who received
a mastectomy. Please consult your doctor prior
to using the monitor if you suffer from any
illnesses.
• This monitor is not intended for patient
transport outside a healthcare facility.
Safety Information (Cont.)
• This monitor is not intended for public use.
Household use only.
• This monitor is intended for non-invasive
measuring and monitoring of arterial
blood pressure. It is not intended for use
on extremities other than the arm or for
functions other than obtaining a blood pressure
measurement.
• The monitor is not intended to be a diagnostic
device. The results are for reference only and
cannot substitute for a doctor's diagnosis.
Only a healthcare professional is qualified to
interpret blood pressure measurements.
• If you are taking medication, consult your
physician to determine the most appropriate
time to measure your blood pressure. Never
change a prescribed medication without
consulting your physician. Do not begin
or end medical treatment without asking a
physician for treatment advice. Do not take
any therapeutic measures on the basis of a
self-measurement. Consult your physician if you
have any questions about your blood pressure.
• When this monitor is used to measure patients
who have common arrhythmias such as atrial or
ventricular premature beats or atrial fibrillation,
the best results may still be inaccurate. Please
consult your physician about the results.
• Do not kink the connection tube during
use. This may cause the cuff pressure to
continuously increase, which can prevent blood
flow and result in harmful injury to the patient.
• When using this monitor, the following
situations may interrupt blood flow and
influence blood circulation, resulting in harmful
injury to the patient:
- Measuring with a kinked connection tube
too frequently or for multiple consecutive
measurements
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