Instruction Manual for Libra Care Bed
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The patient’s risk of falling can be reduced:
o The smaller and more settled the patient is
o The softer the mattress is (the patient sinks deeper into the
mattress)
• Lock the operating functions for the resident on the handset if the
resident is exposed to an increased risk of entrapment during backrest
and thigh rest adjustments when the safety sides are raised,
Otherwise there is a danger of limbs being crushed or trapped between
the safety sides if the patient inadvertently activates the handset. The
effectiveness of the safety sides can also be reduced if any mattress
base sections are raised to a high level.
Risk of injury if the mattress retainers are not used and a side
panel is only fitted on one side
In this case, a mattress can be displaced too far away from a raised
safety side and towards the side panel on the other side of the bed.
The patient could then fall into the space created by the displacement
of the mattress and could become trapped and/or suffocate.
• Only use mattresses with suitable dimensions, as described in the
chapter entitled “Accessories”
• Always use the mattress retainers that are fitted to the bed 1 ,
since the side panel itself does not fix the mattress in place.
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