Returning/Shipping Probes And Repair Parts - GE Vivid T8 Basic Service Manual

Replacement Procedures
8-2-1 Warnings(continued)
NOTE:
WARNING

8-2-2 Returning/shipping probes and repair parts

NOTE:
8-4
Use an ESD compatible work space or the ESD-kit during parts
replacement.
The waste of electrical and electronic equipment must not be
disposed as unsorted municipal waste and must be collected
separately.
Please contact the manufacturer or other authorized disposal
company to decommission your equipment.
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.
Vivid T8/Vivid T8 Pro – Basic Service Manual
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