Fall Prevention:
Chaperone
®
Bed Exit System
A three zone patented center of gravity system that tracts
patient’s body weight and alarms when 50% of the patient’s
body weight exits the perimeter.
To Set Alarm
1. Before putting the patient on the bed, the system must be
zeroed.
2. Push and release the
Arm/Disarm
button (top light will
come on).
3. It will automatically select the first zone. To change the
zone, push and hold the
Zone
button until the light
indicating the desired zone comes on.
To Disarm Alarm
1. To deactivate Bed Exit, push the
Arm/Disarm
button. The
selected zone lights will turn off.
Note:
If the bed was not zeroed at patient
admission, prior to arming, the Chaperone
Bed Exit System will not operate properly.
The Bed Exit System is intended only to aid in the detection of a
patient exiting the bed. It is NOT intended to replace patient
monitoring protocol. It signals when a patient is about to exit. Adding
or subtracting objects from the bed after arming the bed exit system
may cause a reduction in the sensitivity of the bed exit system. To
avoid possible injury and to assure proper operation when using a
powered mattress replacement system such as XPRT, do not
initialize (“arm”) bed exit with Percussion, Vibration, Rotation or Turn
Assist active. The patient motion and position resulting from a
dynamic therapy mattress may adversely affect bed exit system
performance.
The power save mode is activated after one hour on battery power
with no motion release switch activation. Functions including Bed
Exit, Scale and Motion will cease to operate when the unit enters the
power save mode. Injury to the patient could occur if proper patient
monitoring protocol is not observed.
Always refer to the package insert, product labeling and/or operations
maintenance manuals before using any Stryker product.
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