Alarm Signals And User Position; Visual Alarm Indicators - GE Portrait Hub01 User Manual

Alarms

Alarm signals and user position

Alarm signals are designed to alert the user visually and audibly. The signals should be
detectable up to a distance of 1 meter/3.3 feet from the alarming device.

Visual alarm indicators

Visual alarm indicators have the following characteristics:
Alarm location
High
Hub alarm area, White text
Central Viewer inside a red box.
alarm message
area (Single
Patient View)
Hub alarm area, White text
Central Viewer inside a red box.
alarm message
area (Multiple
Patient View)
Central Viewer White text
only: alarm inside a red box.
display unit area
(Single Patient
View)
Hub and White text
Central Viewer: inside a red box.
Measurement
numerics
84
Priority level
Low
Medium
Black text inside Black text inside
a yellow box. a cyan box.
Black text inside Black text inside
a yellow box. a cyan box.
Black text inside No indication
a yellow box. (normal color).
Black text inside Black text inside
a yellow box. a cyan box.
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Informational Characteristics
Black text inside Only alarms for
a gray box. the displayed
patient appear.
The alarms are
displayed until
the condition is
resolved.
Black text inside The highest
a gray box. priority, most
recent unac-
knowledged
alarm is dis-
played until the
condition is re-
solved.
No indication Other patients
(normal color). than the one
displayed in this
slot: Only the
highest priority,
most recent
alarm from
each alarming
patient is
displayed in the
alarm message
area until the
condition is
resolved or
the alarm is
acknowledged.
No indication The
(normal color). measurement
numeric
displays in
the alarming
state until the
condition is
resolved. A
measurement
numeric value
that is related
to an alarm
is highlighted
accordingly.
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