How-To Guide

P27
Thermal safety
Keepasafety thermalenvironm entforthepatientalw aysbeen adesignpriority atL eltek.
T heoperatingtem peratureoftheultrasound probem ustrem ainbelow 43°C
Biological Safety
T hissectioncontainsinform ationaboutbiologicalsafety andadiscussionoftheprudent
useofthesystem .
Do notuseasystem thatexhibitserraticorinconsistentim age updating.Discontinuities
inthescanningsequenceindicateahardw arefailurethatm ustbecorrected beforeuse.
Latex
L eltekultrasoundequipm ent'stransducersdonotcontainnaturalrubberlatex that
contactshum ans.
FDA’srecom m endationstohealthprofessionalsconcerninglatex aw arenessasfollow s:
• W hentakinggeneralhistoriesofpatients,includequestionsaboutlatex
sensitivity.Forsurgicalandradiology patients,spinabifidapatientsand health
carew orkers,thisrecom mendationisespecially im portant.Q uestionsabout
itching,rashorw heezingafterw earinglatex glovesorinflatingatoy balloon
m ay beuseful.T othepatientsw ithpositivehistoriesshouldm arktheircharts.
• Iflatex sensitivity issuspected,considerusingdevicesm adew ithalternative
m aterials,such asplastic.Forexam ple,ahealth professionalcould w earanon-
latex gloveoverthelatex gloveifthepatientissensitive.Ifboththehealth
professionaland thepatientaresensitive,alatex m iddleglovecouldbeused.
(L atexgloveslabeled“ Hypoallergenic” m ay notalw ayspreventadverse
reactions.)
• W heneverlatex-containingm edicaldevicesareused,especially w henthelatex
com esincontactw ithm ucousm em branes,bealerttothepossibility ofan
allergicreaction.
• Ifanallergicreaction doesoccurand latex issuspected,advisethepatientofa
possiblelatex sensitivity andconsideranim m unologicevaluation.
• Advisethepatienttotellhealthprofessionalsand em ergency personnelabout
any know nlatex sensitivity beforeundergoingm edicalprocedures.Consider