Returning/Shipping Probes And Repair Parts; Manpower - When Two Persons Are Needed - GE VIVID E9 Service Manual

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Returning/Shipping probes and Repair Parts

Equipment being returned must be clean and free of blood and other infectious substances.

GE Healthcare policy states that body fluids must be properly removed from any part or equipment prior

to shipment. GE Healthcare employees, as well as customers, are responsible for ensuring that parts/

equipment have been properly decontaminated prior to shipment. Under no circumstance should a part

or equipment with visible body fluids be taken or shipped from a clinic or site (for example, body coils

or an ultrasound probe). The purpose of the regulation is to protect employees in the transportation

industry, as well as the people who will receive or open this package.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has ruled that "items that were saturated and/or

dripping with human blood that are now caked with dried blood; or which were used or intended

for use in patient care" are "regulated medical waste" for transportation purposes and must be

transported as a hazardous material.

This replacement procedure requires two persons:

Casters Replacement

The rest of the replacement procedures can be carried out by one person.

Chapter 8 - Replacement procedures