Sanitas SBC 24 Operating Instructions Manual

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10Please read these instructions for use carefully and keep them forlater use, be sure to make them accessible to other users and ob-serve the information they contain.1. Getting to know your instrumentThe wrist blood pressure monitor is used for non-invasive measure-ment and monitoring of adults’ arterial blood pressure.You can use it to measure your blood pressure quickly and easily,storing the results and displaying the progression of readings. Awarning is issued for anyone suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.The values determined are classified and graphically evaluated ac-cording to WHO guidelines.Keep these instructions carefully for further use and also let otherusers have access to them.2. Important informationAdvice on use• Always measure your blood pressure at the same time of day, inorder to ensure that values are comparable.• Relax for approx. 5 minutes before each measurement.• You should wait five minutes before measuring a second time.• The readings that you take may only be used for informationpurposes – they are not a substitute for a medical examination!Discuss your results with the doctor. Never use them to makemedical decisions independently (e.g. regarding medication anddosage thereof).• If circulation on one arm is restricted as a result of chronic or acutevascular disease (including vasoconstriction), the precision of anywrist measurement is impaired. In this case, use a blood pressuremonitor for the upper arm.• There may be incorrect measurements where there is cardiocircu-latory disease, as well as with very low blood pressure, circulatorydisorders, dysrhythmia and other preexisting diseases.• Only use the instrument on persons whose wrist has the rightcircumference for the instrument.• You may only operate the blood pressure monitor with batteries.Note that it is only possible to save data when your blood pres-sure monitor is receiving power. As soon as the batteries are dead,the date and time on the blood pressure monitor are lost. Anymeasurement results that have been stored are however retained.• The automatic switch-off function switches off the blood pressuremonitor in order to preserve the batteries, if no button is pressedwithin one minute.ENGLISH