Invacare Softform PREMIER - General Information; User Manual Symbols Explained; Product Compliance and Standards

Invacare®Softform®
1General
1.1Generalinformation
Essentialnursingcareispivotalinpressureulcerprevention.
Thesemattresseswillpositivelycontributetotheoutcome
ofapressureulcerpreventioncareplan.
Education,clinicaljudgementandactionbasedplanning
basedonvulnerabilityarefundamentalfactorsinthe
preventionofpressureulcers.
Arangeofassessmentscalescanbeusedasaformalmethod
ofassessingriskfrompressureulcerdevelopment,and
shouldbeusedinconjunctionwithaninformalassessment
(informednursingjudgement).Informalassessmentis
consideredtobeofgreaterimportanceandclinicalvalue.
Thisusermanualcontainsimportantinformationaboutthe
handlingoftheproduct.Inordertoensuresafetywhen
usingtheproduct,readtheusermanualcarefullyandfollow
thesafetyinstructions.
ForfurtherinformationcontactInvacareinyourcountry
(addressesseebackpageofthisusermanual).
Toaccessvaluableinformationandusefullinksfor
PressureAreaCaretrainingandeducation,referto
www.thinkpressurecare.co.uk.
1.2Symbolsinthisusermanual
InthisUserManualwarningsareindicatedbysymbols.
Thewarningsymbolsareaccompaniedbyaheadingthat
indicatestheseverityofthedanger.
WARNING
Indicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituation
whichifnotavoidedcouldresultindeathor
seriousinjury.
CAUTION
Indicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituation
whichifnotavoidedcouldresultinproduct
damage,minorinjuryorboth.
IMPORTANT
Indicatesahazardoussituationwhichifnot
avoidedcouldresultindamagetotheproduct.
Givesusefultips,recommendationsand
informationforefcient,trouble-freeuse.
Thisproductcomplieswiththedirective
93/42/EECformedicalproducts.Thelaunch
dateforthisproductisspeciedintheCE
declarationofconformity.
Manufacturer
1.3Compliance
Qualityisfundamentaltothecompany’soperation,working
withinthedisciplineofISO13485.
AllInvacareSoftformMattressproductsfeaturetheCEmark,
incompliancewiththeMedicalDeviceDirective93/42/EEC
Class1.
Invacareiscontinuouslyworkingtowardsensuringthatthe
company’simpactontheenvironment,locallyandglobally,
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