Welch Allyn Medical Diagnostic Equipment Medical Alarms 8.1x Manual Do Utilizador

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Chapter 1   General information
Welch Allyn  Acuity Central Monitoring System
Related to close physical surveillance and specific patient populations
WARNING   It is important that clinicians understand and communicate to all 
staff using the Acuity Central Station that any arrhythmia analysis software 
program is an effective tool to assist in patient care, but arrhythmia analysis 
packages are unable to achieve 100 percent accuracy for all morphologies and 
occurrences of QRS and PVC detection. Thus, close physical surveillance and 
clinical interpretation of cardiac data must still be an integral part of every 
patient’s care. Clinicians must review all data obtained from the Acuity System 
before implementing therapy based on the data.
WARNING   Ensure that Acuity System patients are kept under close 
surveillance, especially patients prone to arrhythmia events. Use the Acuity 
System only in conjunction with close surveillance by trained clinicians.
WARNING   Do not use the Arrhythmia Analysis or ST Analysis feature on 
neonates. The Arrhythmia Analysis and ST Analysis options are not intended for 
use with neonatal patients.
 
WARNING   Keep all pacemaker patients under close observation. Rate meters 
might continue to count the pacemaker rate during occurrences of cardiac arrest 
or some arrhythmias. Do not rely solely upon rate meter alarms.