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3.Repeat STEPS 1-2 to adjust the remaining mattress keeper on the head end of the mattress deck.

DETAIL “A”

NOTE: Mounting position of the mattress keeper for use with 80-inch mattress - without side rails

2-inch Gap

Mattress Keeper

Head End

of Mattress

Deck

Mounting Screws and Locknuts

DETAIL “B”

NOTE: Mounting position of the mattress keeper for use with 80-inch mattress - using side rails 6815A, 6816A, or 6803A

1-inch Gap

Mattress Keeper

Mounting Screws and Locknuts

Head End

of Mattress

Deck

FIGURE 7 Changing the Mounting Position of the Mattress Keepers

APPENDIX

SPECIAL NOTE

For your convenience, the March 2006 version of the FDA’s bed safety guidelines are provided in this section. The information from the FDA’s brochure, published by Hospital Bed Safety Workgroup, is reproduced verbatim, the latest revision of which is available at http://www.fda.gov.

A Guide to Bed Safety Bed Rails in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Home Health Care: The Facts

Bed Rail Entrapment Statistics

Today there are about 2.5 million hospital and nursing home beds in use in the United States. Between 1985 and 2005, 691 incidents of patients* caught, trapped, entangled, or strangled in beds with rails were reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Of these reports, 413 people died, 120 had a nonfatal injury, and 158 were not injured because staff intervened. Most patients were frail, elderly or confused.

*NOTE: In this brochure, the term patient refers to a resident of a nursing home, any individual receiving services in a home care setting, or patients in hospitals.

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