Alarm Validation; Alarm Handling At Start-Up; Alarm Reports - ZOE PPM3 User Manual

Managing Alarms
12.1.6.

Alarm Validation

Under the password-protected Setup Alarms menu (under the Setup
Administration menu), there is a feature called Alarm Validation. When this
feature is enabled, certain parameter limit violations are not considered to be in
alarm until they have existed for a certain time period, as listed below:
Limit Violation
HR Upper Limit
HR Lower Limit
RR Upper Limit
SpO
2
SpO
2
IBP Upper Limit
IBP Lower Limit
The purpose of this feature is to reduce nuisance alarms in which parameter
values may go out of limits for a very short time.
Note – Alarm Validation is enabled as a factory default.
12.1.7.

Alarm Handling at Start-up

When the PPM3 is initially powered-up or brought out of standby, alarms will not
be annunciated for a given parameter until the lead set or probe has been applied
to the patient. This prevents nuisance alarms for parameters that are not being
monitored on a given patient.
12.1.8.

Alarm Reports

When the Nightingale PPM3 is connected to the MPC Central Station, an alarm
report is stored at the MPC for each medium- and high-grade alarm that is
annunciated for the HR parameter. This includes upper and lower limit
12-6
Alarm Validation
5 seconds
5 seconds
5 seconds
Upper Limit 5 seconds
Lower Limit 5 seconds
5 seconds
5 seconds
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Time
April 2019