APC AP7592 User Manual

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Basic Rack Power Distribution Unit
Life-Support Policy
General policy
American Power Conversion (
APC
) does not
recommend the use of any of its products in the 
following situations:
• 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.
• 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
The term life-support device includes but is not 
limited to 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 adults and infants), 
anesthesia ventilators, infusion pumps, and any 
other devices designated as “critical” by the 
U.S. 
FDA
.
Hospital-grade wiring devices and leakage current 
protection may be ordered as options on many 
APC UPS
 systems. 
APC
 does not claim that units 
with these 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.