APC Rack PDU AP7920 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.

• 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.

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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.