Safety Information - GE TONOPORT V Service Manual

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Safety Information

1.2.1 Responsibility
1.2.2 General
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Introduction: Safety Information
GE Healthcare is responsible for the effects of safety, reliability, and performance
only if:
Assembly operations, extensions, readjustments, modifications, or repairs are
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carried out by persons authorized by GE Healthcare.
The electrical installation of the relevant room complies with the requirements
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of the appropriate regulations.
The equipment is used in accordance with the instructions for use.
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The country of manufacture appears on the device label.
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This device is not intended for home use.
Contact GE Healthcare for information before connecting any devices to the equip-
ment that are not recommended in this manual.
Parts and accessories used must meet the requirements of the applicable IEC 60601
series safety standards, and/or the system configuration must meet the requirements
of the IEC 60601-1-1 medical electrical systems standard.
Periodically, and whenever the integrity of the device is in doubt, test all functions.
The use of ACCESSORY equipment not complying with the equivalent safety
requirements of this equipment may lead to a reduced level of safety of the resulting
system. Consideration relating to the choice shall include:
use of the accessory in the PATIENT VICINITY; and
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evidence that the safety certification of the ACCESSORY has been performed
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in accordance to the appropriate IEC 60601-1 and/or IEC 60601-1-1
harmonized national standard.
If the installation of the equipment, in the USA, will use 240V rather than 120V, the
source must be a center-tapped, 240V, single-phase circuit.
PAR Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Sachsendamm 6
10829 Berlin
Germany
Tel. +49 30 235 07 00
Fax +49 30 213 85 42
TONOPORT V
2001589-094
Distributor:
GE Medical Systems 
Information Technologies, Inc. 
8200 West Tower Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53223 USA
Tel: +1 414 355 5000
1 800 437 1171 (USA only)
1 800 668 0732 (Canada only)
Fax: +1 414 355 3790
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