User's Manual

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Alarms Troubleshooting Guide
Clinical Situation Possible Cause Solution
Duplicate alarm recordings
print at the bedside and system
printer
■ Alarm recording directed to both
bedside and network printers
under the RECORDING
DESTINATION key.
■ Select THIS MONITOR or
NETWORK for alarm recordings.
No alarm recordings are
printed
■ Parameters for alarm recordings
are set to OFF.
■ Select parameters for alarm
recordings from the Alarm
Parameters menu or Record
Alarm Parameters menu.
■ Bedside printer is OFF.
■ The alarms have not been directed
to the bedside printer.
■ ALARMS SUSPENDED for
3-minutes.
■ Turn bedside printer ON.
■ Ensure that THIS MONITOR or
BOTH is selected.
■ Ensure that alarms are not
suspended.
■ System printer is not identified as
one of two network printers.
■ Have your system administrator
verify configuration.
■ Printer is out of paper. ■ Load paper into printer.
Alarms continue to violate after
touching TONE RESET
■ More than one alarm may be in
violation.
■ Touch TONE RESET/ALM
SUSPEND again.
No alarm notification occurs at
a central monitor
■ The Alarm Watch function is not
active.
■ Activate Alarm Watch for the
desired beds at the central.
■ Parameters not displayed. ■ Display the desired parameters
using SCREEN FORMAT under
MONITOR SETUP.
CANNOT INTERACT WITH
ALARM WATCH parameter
displayed
■ The monitor may not be configured
to allow interaction with remote
parameters.
■ Contact your system
administrator.
CANNOT deselect ALARM
WATCH
■ The Ultraview Central Monitor is
configured with Central Alarm
Watch Manager to prevent de-
selection of automatically alarm
watched beds.
■ Contact your system
administrator.