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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Home Use Devices: How to Prepare and Handle Power Outages for Medical Devices that Require Electricity

Office of the Governor sent this bulletin at 03/18/2013 09:36 AM CDT

Office of the Governor Rick Perry
Committee on People with Disabilities

Home Use Devices: How to Prepare and Handle Power Outages for Medical Devices that Require Electricity

As a home medical device user, it is important that your device works during a power outage and that you have a plan in place to ensure you know what to do. This booklet will help you have an established plan to obtain and organize your medical device information, take necessary actions so that you can continue to use your device, have the necessary supplies for the operation of your device, and know where to go or what to do during a power outage. If you use more than one medical device, complete a booklet for each device and ask your healthcare professional to help you.

Home Use Devices: How to Prepare and Handle Power Outages for Medical Devices that Require Electricity http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/HomeHealthandConsumer/UCM252812.pdf