Installation Manual

Rack Power Distribution Unit
11
Life Support Policy
General policy
Schneider Electric does not recommend the use of
any of its products in the following situations:
• In life-support applications where failure or
malfunction of the Schneider Electric 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.
Schneider Electric will not knowingly sell its
products for use in such applications unless it
receives in writing assurances satisfactory to
Schneider Electric that (a) the risks of injury or
damage have been minimized, (b) the customer
assumes all such risks, and (c) the liability of
Schneider Electric is adequately protected under
the circumstances.
Examples of life-support devices
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 Schneider Electric UPS systems.
Schneider Electric does not claim that units with
these modifications are certified or listed as
hospital-grade Schneider Electric or any other
organization. Therefore these units do not meet
the requirements for use in direct patient care