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Weighing a Patient
1. Move the patient onto the scale platform.
NOTE: The indicator tower can be grasped during weighing.
2. The indicator will automatically turn on and display weight.
3. The indicator will beep and hold the weight on the display until the scale
shuts off automatically.
Zero Operation
1. Place item to be zeroed out on the scale platform.
2. Press ZERO. The scale will turn on and display a zero weight. If the item is
removed, a negative weight will be displayed.
Note: If the scale display automatically shuts off, the new zero point will be
saved.
3. Move the patient onto the scale platform and the patient’s weight, less the
item’s weight will be displayed.
4. To reset the scale to zero, Press ZERO again with the scale platform empty.
Note: If the scale zero is not reset with an empty platform, the zero weight will
be retained in memory and cause weighing errors for future patients.
BMI Operation
1. Move the patient onto the scale platform.
2. The display will beep when a stable or average hold weight is achieved.
3. Press BMI. The display will read
5
:
06
, representing 5 feet, 6 inches.
4. Enter the patient’s height using the full keypad.
NOTE: if the patient’s height is 6 foot 1 inch. Press 6 – 0 – 1 and the BMI
value will be displayed.
5. The BMI value will be displayed.
Last Weight Operation
1. Press LAST WEIGHT to display the previously held stable or average hold
weight.
2. To display the previous BMI value, press BMI and the previous height is
displayed.
NOTE: If the height needs to be changed, press ENTER.
3. Press BMI again and the BMI value will be displayed.
Reweigh Operation
1. With the patient on the scale platform, press REWEIGH to reinitiate the
weighing process.
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