GE Optima XR200amx, Preinstallation Manual

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Important Information

Important precautions

DAMAGE IN TRANSPORTATION

All packages should be closely examined at time of delivery. If damage is apparent, have notation 
“damage in shipment” written on all copies of the freight or express bill before delivery is accepted 
or “signed for” by a General Electric representative or a hospital receiving agent. Whether noted or 
concealed, damage MUST be reported to the carrier immediately upon discovery, or in any event, 
within 14 days after receipt, and the contents and containers held for inspection by the carrier. A 
transportation company will not pay a claim for damage if an inspection is not requested within this 
14 day period.
To file a report, call 1-800-548-3366. Select the option for “Install Support Services for FOA and 
MIS.” Contact your local service coordinator for more information on this process.

CERTIFIED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR STATEMENT

All electrical installations that are preliminary to positioning of the equipment at the site prepared for 
the equipment shall be performed by licensed electrical contractors. In addition, electrical feeds into 
the Power Distribution Unit shall be performed by licensed electrical contractors. Other connections 
between pieces of electrical equipment, calibrations and testing shall be performed by qualified GE 
Healthcare personnel. The products involved (and the accompanying electrical installations) are 
highly sophisticated, and special engineering competence is required. In performing all electrical 
work on these products, GE will use its own specially trained field engineers. All of GE’s electrical 
work on these products will comply with the requirements of the applicable electrical codes.
The purchaser of GE equipment shall only utilize qualified personnel (i.e., GE’s field engineers, 
personnel of third-party service companies with equivalent training, or licensed electricians) to 
perform electrical servicing on the equipment.

IMPORTANT...X-RAY PROTECTION

X-ray equipment if not properly used may cause injury. Accordingly, the instructions herein 
contained should be thoroughly read and understood by everyone who will use the equipment 
before you attempt to place this equipment in operation. GE Healthcare will be glad to assist and 
cooperate in placing this equipment in use.
Although this apparatus incorporates a high degree of protection against x-radiation other than the 
useful beam, no practical design of equipment can provide complete protection. Nor can any 
practical design compel the operator to take adequate precautions to prevent the possibility of any 
persons carelessly exposing themselves or others to radiation.
It is important that anyone having anything to do with x-radiation be properly trained and fully 
acquainted with the recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and 
Measurements (NCRP) as published in NCRP Reports available from NCRP Publications, 7910 
Woodmont Avenue, Room 1016, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, and of the International Commission 
on Radiation Protection, and take adequate steps to protect against injury.
The equipment is sold with the understanding that GE Healthcare, its agents, and representatives 
have no responsibility for injury or damage which may result from improper use of the equipment.
Various protective materials and devices are available. It is urged that such materials or devices be 
used.