APC SMARTSLOT DP300E - Manual (Page 32)

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Life-Support Policy
General policy As a general policy, APC does not recommend the use of
any of its products 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.
APC does not
recommend the use of any of its products 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.
Examples of life-
support devices
Life-support devices include but are not limited to neonatal
oxygen analyzers, nerve stimulators (whether used for anes-
thesia, 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 both adults and infants, anesthesia ventilators, and infu-
sion pumps as well as any other devices designated as
“critical” by the
U.S. FDA .
Hospital-grade wiring devices and leakage current protec-
tion 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 require-
ments for use in direct patient care.