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1 Preface and general instructions
The various bed systems from Hermann Bock meet special requirements for the use in
care and treatment facilities as well as for home care. Reliable functionality and a long
product life make each bed particularly valuable. Our beds need little maintenance with
proper operation and care. Each bed from Hermann Bock must pass quality testing in a
final inspection before it is shipped anywhere. The beds are manufactured according to
the current standards for medically used beds and tested accordingly.
The beds comply with the EN 60601-2-52 standard. The electrical building components
comply with safety standard EN 60601-1 for medical devices. Nursing care beds are med-
ical devices and are to be assigned to Class 1.
These standards divide the beds in five different areas of use:
1. Intensive care in a hospital; intensive care bed
2. Short-term care in a hospital or other medical facility; patient bed in the hospital
3. Long-term care in medical environment; stationary nursing care bed
4. Care at home, pure so-called “HomeCare bed”
5. Home-care nursing service
1.1 Intended purpose
The nursing care bed is suitable for persons (adults) in need of
care who are at least 146 cm tall. The weight of the person may
not exceed 135kg or 185kg or 220kg (depending on the model,
see Chapter 4.1) and must be more than 40kg. The body mass
index (BMI = weight of the person (kg) / body height of the per-
son (m)
2
) must be greater than or equal to 17.
The nursing care bed may be used in homes for the elderly or nursing homes and rehabil-
itation facilities. It is used to alleviate a disability and/or to facilitate the lives of people
who are in need of care or to make the work of their caregivers easier. Furthermore, the
nursing care bed was also designed as a convenient solution for the home care of frail and
elderly people as well as for home care of people with disabilities. Accordingly, the nursing
care beds are designed to be used for the application environments 3 to 5. Any other use
is considered improper and is excluded from a possible liability claim.
The Trendelenburg function may be used exclusively under supervision of medical profes-
sionals. The beds, which are determined for application environment type 4, are equipped
with a hand control which is unable to operate the Trendelenburg function.
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