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Product Information
Life-Support Policy
General policy As a general policy, American Power Conversion ( 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 significantly
affect 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 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 or 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
APC UPS systems. APC does not claim that
units with this modifications are certified or listed as hospital-grade by
APC or any other organization. Therefore these units do not meet the
requirements for use in direct patient care.