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Section 3: Performance Verification
3.3.3.2 Adult Power-On Defaults and Alarm Limit Ranges
3-4
Note:
This paragraph and paragraph 3.3.3.3 are written using Nellcor
Puritan Bennett factory-set defaults. If your institution has
preconfigured custom defaults, those values will be displayed.
Factory defaults can be reset using the service mode procedure
described in paragraph 4.3.11, Menu Item 20, Reset to Factory
Defaults, or the configuration mode procedure described in
paragraph 4.2.8.6.
When observing or changing default limits, a 3-second timeout is in
effect, that is, if no action is taken within 3 seconds, the monitor
automatically returns to the normal mode steady state.
1.
Ensure that the monitor is on. Press and release the UPPER ALARM
LIMIT button. Verify that the monitor emits a single beep and the
SpO
% display indicates an alarm limit of "100" for 3 seconds. Verify
2
that the other displays indicate a single bar at the top of each window
while the "100" is displayed.
At the end of the 3 seconds, the displays indicate dashes (normal mode
steady state).
2.
Press and release the UPPER ALARM LIMIT button. Begin rotating the
control knob counterclockwise (CCW) within 3 seconds. Verify that the
SpO
% display reduces to a minimum of "85.".
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Note:
A decimal point in the display indicates that the alarm limits
have changed.
3.
Press and release the LOWER ALARM LIMIT button. Verify that the
monitor emits a single beep and the SpO
limit of "85" for 3 seconds. Verify that the other displays indicate a single
bar at the bottom of each window while the "85" is displayed.
4.
From the normal mode steady state, press and release the LOWER
ALARM LIMIT button. Begin rotating the control knob CCW within
3 seconds. Verify that the SpO
Rotate the control knob clockwise (CW) and verify that the SpO
display cannot be raised past the upper alarm limit setting of "85".
5.
Press the UPPER ALARM LIMIT button two times rapidly (twice within
3 seconds). Verify that the monitor emits two beeps and the PULSE
RATE display indicates an alarm limit of "170" for 3 seconds.
6.
From the normal mode steady state, press the UPPER ALARM LIMIT
button two times rapidly. Begin rotating the control knob CCW within
3 seconds. Verify that the PULSE RATE display reduces to a minimum
of "40".
7.
Press the LOWER ALARM LIMIT button two times rapidly. Verify that
the PULSE RATE display indicates an alarm limit of "40" for 3 seconds.
8.
From the normal mode steady state, press the LOWER ALARM LIMIT
button two times rapidly. Rotate the control knob CCW. Verify that the
PULSE RATE display reduces to a minimum of "30".
SpO
%
PULSE RATE/ min
2
% display indicates an alarm
2
% display reduces to a minimum of "20".
2
%
2
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