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Life-Support Policy
General policy
As a general policy,
APC
does not recommend the use of
any of its products in life support applications where failure
or malfunction of the
APC
product can be reasonably
expected to cause failure of the life support device or to
affect significantly its safety or effectiveness.
APC
does not
recommend the use of any of its products in direct patient
care.
APC
will not knowingly sell its products for use in
such applications unless it receives in writing assurances
satisfactory to
APC
that (a) the risks of injury or damage
have been minimized, (b) the customer assumes all such
risks, and (c) the liability of American Power Conversion is
adequately protected under the circumstances.
Examples of life-
support devices
Examples of devices considered to be life support devices
are neonatal oxygen analyzers, nerve stimulators (whether
used for anesthesia, pain relief, or other purposes),
autotransfusion devices, blood pumps, defibrillators,
arrhythmia detectors and alarms, pacemakers, hemodialysis
systems, peritoneal dialysis systems, neonatal ventilator
incubators, ventilators for both adults and infants, anesthe-
sia ventilators, and infusion pumps as well as any other
devices designated as “critical” by the
U.S. FDA
.
Hospital-grade wiring devices and leakage current may be
ordered as options on many
APC UPS
systems.
APC
does
not claim that units with this modifications are certified or
listed as Hospital Grade by APC or any other organization.
Therefore these units do not meet the requirements for use
in direct patient care.