Graham Field US0208PL Accessories BED Rails, BED Rail Safety, Lumex Patriot Liberty BED Rails

6 ACCESSORIES: BED RAILS

Patriot Homecare Bed decks are equipped with patent-pending slots specifically for bed rail instal- lation, providing a fixed place to mount GF bed rails. Two styles of Lumex bed rails are described in Section 6:

1)The Lumex Patriot Liberty bed rail system, designed specifically for Patriot Beds, and

2)Lumex Universal bed rails

Please read the following bed rail safety information.

BED RAIL SAFETY

WARNING: If bed rails are not properly installed and adjusted, personal injury and/or dam- age to the bed rail could result.

For information on Bed Rail safety, please see the following brochure: “A Guide to Bed Safety:

Bed Rails in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Home Health Care: The Facts” on the FDA website, at

www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/GeneralHospitalDevicesandSupplies/HospitalBeds/

WARNING: GF Health Products, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury caused by improper installation of bed rails or unauthorized bed rail use. Only Lumex bed rails are recommended for use with Patriot beds. Please consult the instructions that ac- company your Lumex bed rails for complete rail assembly and installation instructions.

LUMEX PATRIOT LIBERTY BED RAILS

Lumex Patriot Liberty Bed Rails are designed specifically for use with Lumex Patriot Beds. Devel- oped using the FDA Hospital Bed System Dimensional Guidance to Reduce Entrapment and tested to the Hospital Bed Safety Workgroup and FDA Dimensional Test Methods for Bed System Zones 1-4and International Standard IEC60601-2-38 Requirements for the Safety of Electrically Operated Hospital Beds, Lumex Patriot Liberty Bed Rails offer added protection and reduce the risk of entrapment. For installation of these FDA compliant-bed rails, follow the installa- tion instructions that accompany them. Patriot Liberty Bed Rail descriptions follow.

GF6500B-1: Assist Bar

The Assist Bar, shown at right, is a secure handhold and support for active patients who need assistance getting in and out of bed on their own. This bar is bolted directly to either side of the bed frame to support the split frame when a patient enters or exits the bed. It can also assist patients ca- pable of grasping the bar and maneuvering themselves with rotating and turning in bed.

GF6500B-1 Assist Bar

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