Use Instructions

Maternal/Fetal Monitoring Troubleshooting Table continued

Symptom

Description

Possible Causes

Actions and Solutions

FHR/UA or MHR

data not being

displayed by

Maternal/Fetal

Monitor

POD problems

Make sure the monitoring screen on the Interface is

being displayed and the signal quality, x3 green

squares, and the Battery Icon below the signal quality

is green. If not confirm the status of the two blue lights

on the POD connected to the Patch. If no blue lights

are visible, the POD has switched off. Remove from

Patch and place in a charging bay. Is it recognised by

the Interface (battery status above POD will appear)?

If not, wait 20minutes, if POD is still not recognised

replace POD. If the battery status was orange wait for

battery to charge. When battery status is green take

POD and place in Patch Clip. If electrode check is

good, but the POD switches off again, replace POD.

Was the ‘Bypass’ button on the Interface electrode

check screen used. If yes, remove POD from Patch

and place in charging bay. Wait a few moments for the

POD to be recognised (battery status above POD will

appear). If this does not happen replace the POD. If it

is recognised remove POD and place in Patch. Ensure

that all electrodes pass electrode check.

FHR quality on the

Maternal/Fetal

Monitor trace is

poor in some

patients

Unfortunately this can happen in some

patients especially during stage 2.

Unless it is persistent and occurs on most/all patients it

is not a fault. The user should follow the Alert/Help

message on the Novii interface. If the FHR is

intermittent, the FHR can be confirmed with the

Doppler Transducer connected to US 2, but if the

problem persists then we would advise removing the

Novii POD/Patch and swapping to another monitoring

modality.