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6.1BedRailsandPositioningDevices
DANGER!
RiskOfDeath,Injury,OrDamage
Patiententrapmentfromtheuseofbedsiderailsmay
causeinjuryordeath.Toavoidpatiententrapment:
–TheInvacaremattressMUSTfitfirmlyagainstthe
bedframeANDbedsiderailstopreventpatient
entrapment.Followthemanufacturer’sinstructions.
Monitorpatientfrequently.Readandunderstandthe
UserManualpriortousingtheInvacarebedandbed
rails.Usermanualsareavailableatwww.invacare.com
oryourdealer.
–Afteranyadjustments,repairorserviceandbefore
use,makesureallattachinghardwareistightened
securely.
DANGER!
RiskOfDeath,Injury,OrDamage
Toavoidpinching,crushandcollapsehazardsfrombed
deckcontactwithobjectsunderthebed:
–DONOTplaceanyobjectsorletanyindividual
underneaththebedorinbetweentheraisedbed
framecomponentsatanytime.
Toavoidchokingfromsmalldetachablepartscontained
underneaththebed:
–Closelysupervisechildren,pets,orpeoplewith
physical/mentaldisabilities.
DANGER!
RiskOfDeath,Injury,OrDamage
Toavoidentrapment,productdamage,and/orpersonal
injury:
–Invacarerecommendsthatthemattressbecentered
onthebedframe.Otherwise,individualsmaybecome
trappedbetweenthebedrailandthebedframe.
–ALWAYStesttomakesurethatthesiderails
areproperlyandsecurelyinplacebeforeusing.
Otherwise,injuryordamagemayoccur.
DANGER!
RiskOfDeathorInjury
Anincreasedriskofpatiententrapmentmayoccurover
timeduetomattresscompression.
–Periodicallymonitorgapsbetweenthebed,mattress,
and/orbedrail.Wheregapsoccur,patiententrapment
ispossibleandthemattressshouldbereplaced.
DANGER!
RiskofDeath,Injury,orDamage
Properpatientassessmentandmonitoring,andproper
maintenanceanduseofequipmentisrequiredtoreduce
theriskofentrapment.
Variationsinbedraildimensions,andmattressthickness,
sizeordensitycouldincreasetheriskofentrapment.
–VisittheFDAwebsiteathttp://www.fda.govtolearn
abouttherisksofentrapment.Review“AGuideto
BedSafety”,publishedbytheHospitalBedSafety
Workgroup,locatedatwww.invacare.com.Usethe
linklocatedundereachbedrailproductentryto
accessthisbed’ssafetyguide.
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