Safety Instructions 3
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3.2 Life-Support Policy
As a general policy, Rittal does not recommend
the use of any of its products in the following situa-
tions:
•
life-support applications where failure or
malfunction of the Rittal product can be rea-
sonably expected to cause failure of the life-
support device or to significantly affect its
safety or effectiveness.
•
direct patient care.
Rittal will not knowingly sell its products for use in
such applications unless it receives in writing as-
surances satisfactory to Rittal that:
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the risks of injury or damage have been
minimized,
•
the customer assumes all such risks, and
•
the liability of Rittal is adequately protected
under the circumstances.
The term life-support device includes but is not
limited to neonatal oxygen analyzers, nerve
stimulators (whether used for anaesthesia, pain
relief or other purposes), auto-transfusion de-
vices, blood pumps, defibrillators, arrhythmia
detectors and alarms, pacemakers, haemodialy-
sis systems, peritoneal dialysis systems, neonatal
ventilator incubators, ventilators (for adults or
infants), anaesthesia ventilators, infusion pumps,
and any other devices designated as “critical” by
the U.S. FDA.
