APC ACF002 User Manual

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.

•

I

n 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.

aa

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 this 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.

a