Safety Information
Progressa® Bed Instructions for Use (171528 REV 9) 77
To help prevent injury and/or equipment damage, obey these warnings:
• Warning—Stay clear of the siderail when lowering.
• Warning—Evaluate patients for entrapment risk according to facility protocol, and monitor
patients appropriately. Make sure that all siderails are fully latched when in the raised position.
Failure to do either of these could cause serious injury or death.
• Warning—When a patient’s condition (such as disorientation due to medication or clinical
condition) could lead to patient entrapment, the sleep surface should be left in the flat position
while unattended (except when required otherwise by medical staff for special or particular
circumstances).
Siderails are intended to be a reminder, not a patient restraining device. Hill-Rom recommends that the
appropriate medical personnel determine appropriate siderail usage.
FOOTBOARD
Warning—When the footboard is removed from the bed, do not lay the footboard flat on the floor.
Store the footboard in a position or location so that it does not come in contact with biohazards. Failure
to do so could cause injury.
If the footboard does not have a transport shelf installed, the footboard can set upright on the floor. If a
transport shelf is installed, the footboard can be put against a wall in a position so that it will not fall.
RESTRAINTS
When appropriate, Hill-Rom recommends that medical personnel determine the proper methods
necessary to help keep patients from pulling out lines or harming themselves or others while in bed.
1. Develop guidelines for all patients that indicate:
• Which patients may need to be restrained and the appropriate restraint to utilize.
• The proper method to monitor a patient, whether restrained or not, including time interval,
visual check of restraint, etc.
2. Develop training programs for all caregivers concerning the proper use and application of
restraints.
3. Maintain the bed at its lowest position whenever a caregiver is not in the room.
4. Clarify the need for restraint devices to families or guardians.
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