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Safety
of hospital beds: Are electrically operated hospital beds really "electric"?
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Due to accidents in care homes, particularly on "electric" healthcare
beds, one of the most important aids in hospitals, the hospital bed, has
also come under criticism. Because all electrically operated beds are
basically designed in a similar way and as "electric medical devices"
they are subject to the same guidelines and norms. Well, of course, electrically operated hospital beds are just as little "electric" as an "electric" iron, for example. Both devices are electrically operated. In order to ensure electrical safety, however, there is a much more comprehensive package of measures for hospital beds for which the manufacturer has to take the responsibility. When these safety measures are more or less comprehensive from hospital bed to hospital bed and may vary in addition, the reason for this is that norms and guidelines leave it up to manufacturers to carry out a risk assessment. So it is up to manufacturer whether safety measures are built into his appliances which only just comply with minimum legal requirements or if a whole package of safety devices is used in order to really cover all possible cases. Both extremes fulfill the prerequisites for CE conformity. Bust just as with a basic car model complying with all standard requirements and optional extras like ABS or airbags making it safer, however, a healthcare bed in the same way is getting safer with each sensible safety measure that is used in addition. The fact that a higher price has to be paid for more safety is a matter of personal preferences when buying a car, but with regard to investments into hospital beds it is a matter of responsibility towards patients being cared for. Well, the advantages of electrically operated hospital beds are beyond dispute. The advantages in terms of individual independence for patients are obvious, resulting in relief of work for caregivers. In addition, assistance to caregivers is offered by means of adjustment options that can be operated by pressing a button on the so-called caregiver keyboard. But how to check the safety of electrically operated hospital beds, then? The best way is to carry out comprehensive manufacturer interviews: Are beds really designed in such a way that no danger may occur in all probability and when they are treated in due care? And which protective measures are concerned here? With Völker S 960-1 hospital beds, for example, the manufacturer provides 12 protective measures that are synchronized in such a way that if one fails - which under normal circumstances is virtually impossible - then another protective measure kicks in. Press contact: ProSell! Werbeagentur GmbH Leisewitzstraße 39a 30175 Hannover Mrs Katja Linkert Phone: +49 511 / 28 35 7-32 Fax: +49 511 / 28 35 7-18 E-Mail: katja.linkert@prosell-hannover.de |
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