Safety Precautions - Hitachi VC34A Probe Instruction Manual

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Safety Precautions

1) If you find that the probe head, the housing or cable are cracked
or damaged, do not use the probe, and immediately contact a
service support.
2) For the patients suspected of having latex allergy, do not use
latex-containing medical devices. Latex may cause allergic
reactions such as itching, rubor, urticaria, swelling, fever,
anhelation, wheezing, depression of blood pressure, and shock.
If your patients display the above-mentioned symptoms, stop
using latex-containing medical devices immediately and provide
prompt treatment to your patients.
1) Start examination with acoustic power low and set the acoustic
power as low as possible for ultrasound examination of an early
pregnancy. And minimize the ultrasound exposure time.
2) Disinfect the probe prior to the initial use since the probe
is not delivered disinfected.
3) Use only detergents and disinfectants listed in "7.2 Suppliers
list".
4) Use sterile acoustic coupling gel depending on the diagnostic
part. The acoustic coupling gel which is an accessory of Hitachi
Ultrasound diagnostic scanner is non-sterile acoustic coupling
gel.
5) Do not hit or drop the probe because the inside of the probe
head is easily broken by mechanical shocks.
6) Do not allow liquid to contact/enter the probe connector, as
the probe connector is not waterproof.
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CAUTION
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