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11-14 Monitor Installation and Patient Safety
Monitor Installation
and Patient Safety
Maintenance Checks
Before commencing monitoring on a patient, carry out the following
checks on the system:
• Check for any mechanical damage
• Check all the external leads, plug-ins and accessories
• Check all the functions of the instrument which will be needed to
monitor the patient, and ensure that the instrument is in good
working order.
Do not use the system for any monitoring procedure on a patient
if you identify features which demonstrate impaired functioning of the
instrument. Contact the hospital biomedical engineer or the Philips
Service Engineer.
Maintenance Frequency Source of Information
Full performance checks
including safety checks.
At least every two years, after
any repairs, or as needed.
See “Testing and Maintaining the
CMS” in the “CMS Service Guide”
or “Testing and Maintaining the
V24 and V26“in the “V24 and V26
Service Guide”.
Synchronization of the monitor
and defibrillator.
If defibrillator is used or
configured for intended use: at
least once a year, after any
repairs, or as needed.
See the Philips M1722/3/4A
Codemaster XL/XL+/XE
Defibrillator Service Guide.
Preventive maintenance Perform the NBP and Sidestream
CO 2 Module Performance test
blocks every year.
Perform the Preventive
Maintenance Procedure for the
M1180A #A01/A02 Wall Mount
Assembly every year.
See “Testing and Maintaining the
CMS” in the “CMS Service Guide”
or “Testing and Maintaining the
V24 and V26“in the “V24 and V26
Service Guide”.