Weighing A Patient; Taring Off Extra Weight; (Tare) - Seca 656 Instruction Manual And Guarantee

Weighing a patient

Taring off extra weight

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The procedure described in this section is suitable for
patients who can stand on their own and stand still
throughout the entire weighing operation.
1. Ensure that the scale has no load.
2. Ask the patient to step onto the scale.
3. Ask the patient to keep still.
4. Read off the measurement result.
Using the TARE function, you can prevent any extra
weight (e.g. a towel or a support on the weighing plat-

(TARE)

form) from affecting the weighing result.
This function is suitable for patients with restricted
mobility who cannot stand for the whole of the weigh-
ing operation. You can weigh a wheelchair first and
then deduct its tare weight. The patient can then be
weighed in a sitting position.
1. Switch on the scale.
2. Place the extra weight on the scale.
3. Hold the (hold/tare) arrow key down until the
message "NET" appears in the display.
tare
4. Wait until the display stops flashing and 0.00
appears instead.
5. Weigh patients as their mobility permits.
6. Read off the measurement result.
The additional weight is automatically deducted.
NOTE
To weigh patients with restricted mobility, see
the section entitled "Determining extra weight
(TARE)" on page 76.
To weigh patients with no mobility at all, see the
section entitled "Permanently saving the addi-
tional weight (Pt)" on page 82.
ATTENTION!
Incorrect measurement due to force shunts
If an extra weight, e.g. a large towel, contacts
the surface on which the scale is placed, weight
will not be measured correctly.
– Make sure that extra weights are only placed
on the scale's weighing surface.
– Ask the patient to step onto the scales and to
stand still.
– Help the patient step onto the scale and sit
down on the waiting wheelchair.