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Check the grab handle and the webbing strap for damage at regular intervals. Damaged parts
should be changed immediately!
The grab handle which is delivered is designed to assist the user to sit up and can be individually
adjusted to the correct height with the webbing strap and the adjusting buckle (cf. Figure 12). The
range of adjustment is from 670mm to 870mm. (Measured without mattress)
Figure 12: Adjustable grab handle
6.6
Operating instructions
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After the bed has been assembled and before it is used by a patient, check that all
connections and the whole bed itself are firmly secured.
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Check that all drives are working faultlessly.
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If a care bed is not fully capable of functioning, it should be taken out of use immediately.
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Make sure that there are no objects such as waste paper bins, side tables, chairs etc. in the
movement space of the bed.
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In order to avoid the risk of injury, it is not permitted for any part of the patient’s body to
protrude out from the lying surface, nor for feet to rest on the bed underframe when
operating the adjustment functions.
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Before moving the bed, the mains plug should be removed from the socket in order to avoid
damage to the electrics.
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When there is a patient in the bed, the maximum height of a threshold over which the bed
can be pushed is 2 cm.
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Make sure to maintain the duty cycle. Never make lengthy and unnecessary electrical
adjustments. Once the thermal protection switch in the control unit has been triggered after
6 min/h, the control unit has to be replaced by an authorized specialist!
The installation of ancillary equipment such as insulin pumps, ventilators etc. is not
permitted unless equipotential bonding has been made in advance.
The cables for any ancillary equipment must not be led under the base of the bed! (Danger
of crushing)
6.7
Mattresses approved for use
This bed is intended to be used with a divided, fire retardant mattress according to DIN 13014 and DIN
597, with a minimum volume weight of 35 Kg/m³ (RG35), a compression resistance of min. 4.2 kPa, a
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