Hidden Hilo, Operating Instructions Manual

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Box spring Hilo TECHNICAL MANUAL
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IX. PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE MAINTENANCE
9.1 Safety responsibility
It is the responsibility of the institute to make sure that the bed guarantees the user
’s safety during its
entire life span. For this reason, the safety of the bed has to be checked regularly. Moreover, the bed
has to be maintained preventively. The bed has been developed in such a way that it can be used
safely for many years, on the condition that it is manipulated correctly and checked regularly. It also
has to get at least one preventive maintenance a year.
The maintenance of the bed may only be carried out by qualified and technically trained
personnel. The guarantee is nullified, if the maintenance of the bed has been carried
out unprofessionally and causes damage to the bed functions.
All repairs to actuators, control boxes and actuator accessories have to be carried out
by an authorised Linak service shop or by a technician that has been acknowledged by
Linak. All guarantee conditions are nullified, if Linak parts have been opened. An
acknowledged Linak technician can always obtain further information about Linak parts
from Haelvoet or Linak.
Never perform maintenance work or repairs while the user is still in the bed.
In order to optimize the life span of the bed and to avoid accidents, the European
regulation obliges an annual and registered preventive maintenance. Use the checklist
in appendix during this annual preventive maintenance. If necessary, consult this
manual as well.
The standard IEC EN 62353 - Medical electrical equipment - Recurrent test and test after repair of
medical electrical equipment - can be used as a guide for a good maintenance procedure.
In addition to the annual registered preventive maintenance, we strongly recommend you to check the
following items regularly:
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All electric functions.
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All mechanical functions (sideguards, castors,…).
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All cables and especially the mains cable.
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The hand switch and the connection cables
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Always check the mains cable when the bed has been moved and before connecting
it to the net again.
When you think that there is some damage or that the bed does not function properly, you have to
stop using the bed immediately. You also have to indicate clearly on the bed that it is OUT OF USE.
Contact the person who is in charge of the beds as soon as possible.
The checklist in Attachment can serve as a guideline during controls.