PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE GUIDE
FOR MANUAL HOSPITAL CRIBS
The intent of this document is to provide health care facility engineers, maintenance personnel and
other health care professionals involved in the operation and maintenance of manual cribs made
by Hard Manufacturing the comprehensive information needed to achieve their expected 9 year
service life.
1.0 General Operation
CAUTION
1.1
Please refer to the caution pages earlier in this manual for information on the safe
operation of one of our electric cribs.
1.2
If a crib is damaged in any way that poses a safety issue to either the patient or sta
ff
utilizing it, we recommend that
it be removed from service and subjected to a complete
preventive maintenance inspection. A checklist of suggested items to review is on the
following pages of this document.
1.3
General overall cleaning with mild non-abrasive detergent should be applied at least once
(1) per year or at the discretion of your facility. See more detailed cleaning instructions on a
separate page of this manual.
Revised 2020.1 3.31.2020
2.0 Crib Safety Audit
2.1 Filler Bar Spacing
– Examine the spacing between bars of all cribs in service. If a crib
has railing spaces that exceed 2-3/8”, remove it from service.
2.2 Entrapment in cribs
– Examine the spaces between the mattress support and head, foot
and side rails, with the mattress both
fl
at and in a raised position. If the opening exceeds 4”,
remove the crib from service.
2.3 Mattress Fit
– Inspect your crib mattresses to determine whether they are of adequate size.
The mattress should
fi
t snug within the rails and there should not be any sizeable gaps between
the mattress and the rails.
2.4 Crib Weld Assembies
– Thoroughly inspect head and foot ends, side rails, the mattress
platform and any other metal components of the crib frame for bent components, cracks or
breaks. Remove from service immediately if any of this type of damage is found.
We recommend the preventative maintenance checklist provided be performed once per year
per crib at minimum.
If a crib is damaged in any way that poses a safety issue to either the patient or sta
ff
utilizing
it, we recommend that it be removed from service and subjected to a complete preventative
maintenance inspection. A checklist of suggested items can be found below and the following pages.
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