
Spirit™ Bed Owner’s Manual – 1-70-001 – Rev D
© Carroll Hospital Group Inc.
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4.1.5
Specific Maintenance Requirements for Siderail Assemblies
Perform monthly inspection of siderails to ensure that they are in good working order and continue to
operate properly.
Spirit™ Beds:
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Ensure that each siderail fully and smoothly rotates from the DOWN or “TRANSFER” position to the
UP, “ASSIST” and/or “GUARD” positions. Ensure that no binding and/or grinding noises are caused
when the siderails are rotated. If a siderail fails to rotate fully and smoothly, service and/or replace
siderail assembly.
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Ensure that the locking/latching mechanism reliably self-engages when the siderails are fully rotated
to the raised/closed to the UP, “ASSIST” and/or “GUARD” positions. If locking/latching mechanism
fails to reliably self-engage service and/or replace siderail assembly.
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Ensure that the locking/latching mechanism completely disengages when the knob is pulled
outwards permitting the siderails to fully rotate to the DOWN or “TRANSFER” positions. If
locking/latching mechanism fails to completely disengage, service and/or replace siderail assembly.
Spirit Plus™ and Spirit Select™ Beds:
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Ensure that each siderail fully and smoothly rotates from the DOWN position to the UP position.
Ensure that no binding and/or grinding noises are caused when the siderails are rotated. If a siderail
fails to rotate fully and smoothly, service and/or replace siderail assembly.
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Ensure that the locking/latching mechanism reliably self-engages when the siderails are fully rotated
to the raised/closed position. If locking/latching mechanism fails to reliably self-engage service
and/or replace siderail assembly.
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Ensure that the locking/latching mechanism completely disengages when the push button is
depressed permitting the siderails to fully rotate to the lowered/open position. If locking/latching
mechanism fails to completely disengage service and/or replace siderail assembly.
WARNING
Patient entrapment within, under, between, and beside siderails may cause injury or death.
Ensure only specified mattress (must be at least 6” thick) is used on bed. Ensure that mattress is
in good condition and maintains proper resilience. If mattress is exhibiting any signs of wear (ie:
reduced cross sectional thickness, reduced resilience, etc) stop use immediately and replace
mattress to limit patient exposure to a potential rail entrapment situation.
WARNING
To help minimize the potential for patient entrapment, Carroll Hospital Group strongly
recommends that the customer perform thorough inspection of all siderail assemblies to confirm
continued compliance to IEC 60601-2-38 by conducting annual examinations of each siderail
assembly to test described in IEC 60601-2-38, Amendment1, Clause 23.101. If testing results
indicate a potential risk of patient rail entrapment, discontinue patient bed use and remove the
bed from active service immediately.
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