Health O Meter 501KL User Instructions page 20

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (CONTINUED)
Weighing a Patient and Taring a Known Weight (Pre-Tare):
Pre-Tare can be performed for items between 0.2 lb and 200 lb (0.1 kg and 91 kg).
1. With all weight off the scale, press the
2. Wait until "0.0" LB or "0.0" KG appears on the display. Press and hold the ZERO/TARE
button until the word "TARE" appears on the display.
3. The tare icon will flash along with "0.0" LB or "0.0" KG prompting you to enter the weight to
be tared. Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to increase or decrease the weight. Pounds will change in
0.2 lb increments and KG will change in 0.1 kg increments. Holding down the arrow keys will
cause the rate of the change to progress faster.
4. Once the desired tare value is set, lock the value by pressing the ENTER button. The tare
icon will stop flashing and remain on, and the entered amount will show as a negative.
5. Weigh the patient following the weighing procedure outlined on the previous page. The
scale will automatically deduct the tare value and only display the patient's weight.
6. To clear the tare value, press the ZERO/TARE button.
BMI Function
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a ratio between a person's weight and height and interpreted as a BMI
score. This BMI score is then used as a tool to categorize a patient as underweight, normal,
overweight, obese or morbidly
1. With all weight off the scale, press the
2. Wait until "0.0" LB or "0.0" KG appears on the display then assist the patient onto the scale.
"LOCK" will appear and when a stable weight is determined, the patient's weight will also be
displayed. Depending on the movement of the patient on the scale, it may take several
seconds for the scale to lock onto the weight.
Caution: To prevent patient injury, the patient must be attended throughout the entire
weighing event.
3. After obtaining the patient's weight, press the BMI button.
4. The display will show "65.0" (in LB mode) or "150.0" (in KG mode). Use the keypad ▲ and
▼ buttons to enter the patient's height in inches if weighing in lb or centimeters if weighing in
kg. Holding down the arrow keys will cause the rate of change to progress faster. To
determine the patient's height, follow the height measuring instructions on page 21.
5. Once height is keyed in, press the ENTER button.
6. The display will show the patient's BMI.
7. Press the CLEAR/REWEIGH button to return to the normal weighing mode of the scale.
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button to turn on the scale.
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