Scale-Tronix ® 4002-Bt - Dräger Babytherm 8004 Instructions For Use Manual

Construction and Description
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Scale-Tronix 4002-BT
WARNING
Only use the integrated scale to determine the weight of
the patient.
Failure to follow the Instructions for Use can lead to
severe inaccuracies in measuring the patient's weight.
To safeguard critical therapeutic decisions based on
the patient's weight, the weighing result should be
checked against a reference measurement on an exter-
nal scale.
With the optional fully integrated scale, the weight of the
patient can be determined without having to remove the
patient from the Babytherm. Even when the scale is installed,
the X-ray drawer can still be used. To determine the patient's
weight, the patient has to be lifted off the bed once, so that
the scale can determine a zero point. The patient can then be
placed back on the mattress. The weight is displayed on the
screen.
Weighing without lifting the baby a second time (i.e. without
repeated zero calibration) is possible. This option can be
used when the weight has to be determined again only a
short time after the first weighing operation or e.g. if the
baby's weight has to be determined with and then without
nappy, or the weight with the full and empty nappy has to be
determined. The entire weighing process is accompanied by
brief acoustic signals (beeps), so that the nurse's full attention
can be devoted to the patient.
When weighing the patient inside Babytherm, always take
care that no hoses or cables are jammed in the bed. Other-
wise these components will distort the measurement. If the
weight has to be measured with hoses and cables, the best
results are obtained if the hoses and cables are removed
from the ventilation hose holder of the bed and laid as loosely
and as flat as possible on the bed.
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