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WARNING
gNoticationisnotmadeduringbedoperation(e.g.,headup,heightad-
justment) even if the patient gets out of the bed or sits up on the bed. Fur-
thermore, getting into or out of the bed during bed operation may cause
thepatienttofalloorfallover,resultingininjury.Ifyouconsiderthatthe
patient may get in or out of the bed during bed operation, set Overall lock-
out or Patient lock-out (see p. 65).
g
BeforeusingBEDEXITALARM,setthenoticationfunctionproperly(for
the setting procedure, see the instruction manual for the relay unit). If the
settingsarenotcorrect,detectionmaynotworkandnoticationmaynotbe
made,andthepatientmayfalloorfallover,resultingininjury.Evenwhen
thesettingsarecorrect,detectionmaynotworkandnoticationmaynotbe
made in the following cases.
n If it takes 4 minutes or more for the patient to get out of the bed or sit up on the bed
n If the patient gets out of the bed or sits up on the bed after a heavy object (which weighs more than
half the patient’s weight) is placed on the bed
n If the patient who is lying at the foot end of the bed sits up (SIT-UP function)
n If the patient sits up while placing his or her hand or elbow on the top of the head end of the bed (SIT-
UP function)
gWhenusingBEDEXITALARM,useitatatemperaturebetween15˚Cand
30˚Candhumiditybetween30%RHand75%RH.Thedetectionaccuracy
maydecrease,noticationmaynotbemade,andthepatientmayfallo
or fall over, resulting in injury.
gDonotplaceobjectssuchasfurnitureandxturesbetweenthebedand
oor.Detectionmaynotworkandthepatientmayfalloorfallover,re-
sulting in injury.