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1. Safety Precautions
1.1
Meaning of Signal Words
In this manual, the signal words
regarding safety and other important instructions. The signal words and their meanings are
defined as follows. Please understand their meanings clearly before reading this manual.
Signal word
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
1.2
Safety Precautions
Observe the following precautions to ensure the safety of patients as well as operators when
performing cleaning, disinfection, or sterilization of the transducer.
WARNING
CAUTION
2
DANGER
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in property damage.
Never immerse the transducer connector or any other non-
waterproof sections into liquids such as water or cleaning solution.
Immersion may cause electric shock.
Refer to the tables and figures in section 3 for the immersible
range of each transducer model.
1. Precautions concerning cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization.
1) Observe the following precautions to prevent infection.
• Wear protective gloves when performing cleaning.*
• Wear sterile protective gloves when performing disinfection
or sterilization.*
• Wear new protective gloves each time cleaning, disinfection,
and sterilization are performed.
• Clean the transducer before and after examination.
Disinfect or sterilize the transducer as required.
• Note that local regulations may require that the transducer be
disinfected before sterilization.
• Sterilize the transducer and biopsy adaptor before and after
an ultrasound-guided biopsy procedure is performed.
Failure to do so may result in the transducer and biopsy
adaptor becoming sources of infection.
* Refer to the FDA's March 29, 1991 Medical Alert on Latex
Products.
WARNING
CAUTION
,
,
Meaning
, and
are used
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