Posey Key Lock Belt - Manual

Posey Company • 5635 Peck Road, Arcadia, CA 91006-0020 USA • www.posey.com
Phone: 1.800.447.6739 or 1.626.443.3143 • Fax: 1.800.767.3933 or 1.626.443.5014
MDSS GmbH
Schiffgraben 41
D-30175 Hannover, Germany
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ApplicAtion
instructions
ApplicAtion instructions
1. Open the belt and center the back pad
across the mattress with the waist
strap toward the head of the bed.
The connecting strap will be located
underneath the back pad (fig. 1).
2. Position the patient in bed with the
belt at waist level.
3. Bring the belt around the patient’s
waist and secure with the lock. The belt must be snug, but
not interfere with breathing. To check for proper fit, slide an
open hand (flat) between the belt and the patient.
NOTE: If the strap does not pass easily through the locking
buckle, check to see if there is an obstruction in the lock, or
if the strap end is bent or curled. If the strap end is relatively
straight and the lock is unobstructed, try the following:
a. With the lock in the open position, gently push the strap
end into the lock until it meets resistance.
b. Push the lock latch down halfway (do not close all the
way). Repeat this action several times until the strap
feeds itself through the opening.
4. Lock the connecting straps on each side, to a movable part
of the bed frame, at waist level.
5. Check that the straps are secure and will not change
position, loosen, or tighten if the patient pulls on them, or if
the bed is adjusted.
TO UNLOCK:
1. Insert the Posey Key into the lock
and turn counterclockwise. This will
prevent jamming (fig. 2).
NOTE: Universal Posey Keys fit all
Posey locks. To order extra keys,
contact Posey at 1.800.447.6739,
press 5, and ask for Cat. #1074.
Before use, check device for damage. Discard if you
have any questions about patient safety.
Applicable Products: REF 1334
DEscription oF proDuct: Key Lock Cotton Belt. For hospital bed use only.
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KEY locK BElt
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1334
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REF 1334 Key Lock Belt, Universal
Size. Natural Cotton, with
snap lock
REF 1074 Posey Universal Key
BED SAFETY
• ALWAYS use Hospital Bed Safety
Workgroup (HBSW) (http://www.fda.
gov/cdrh/beds/modguide.html) compliant
side rails in the UP position and fill ALL
gaps to reduce the risk of entrapment.
• Use side rail covers and gap protectors to help prevent
the patient’s body from going under, around, through or
between the side rails. A failure to do so may result in
serious injury or death if a patient becomes suspended
or entrapped. Posey offers a full range of side rail pads
and/or gap protectors to cover gaps.
• Monitor per facility policy to ensure that the patient
cannot slide down, or fall off the mattress and become
suspended or entrapped (figs. 3 and 4).
• STOP USE AT ONCE: if the patient has a tendency to slide
forward or down in the device; or is able to self-release.
NOTE: A restraint with a pelvic piece will reduce the risk of
sliding, or of the patient pulling the device over his or her
head. See Posey
Catalog.
• Before leaving the patient, test the lock to make sure it is
locked. Posey Keys must be readily available to staff at all
times. This product can be cut off with scissors in an
emergency.
ADVErsE rEActions
• Severe emotional, psychological, or physical problems may occur: if the applied device is
uncomfortable; or if it severely limits movement. If symptoms of these problems ever appear
for any reason, get help from a qualified medical authority and find a less restrictive, product or
intervention.
inDicAtions For usE:
• Patients assessed to be at risk of injury from a fall.
• Patients requiring a positioning device to assist medical treatment.
contrAinDicAtions:
•
DO NOT use on a patient who is or becomes highly aggressive, combative, agitated, or
suicidal.
• DO NOT use on patients with: ostomy, colostomy, or G-tubes; hernias, severe Cardio
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); or with post-surgery tubes, incisions or monitoring
lines. These could be disrupted by a restraint.
FiG. 1
ADDitionAl sAFEtY AnD lAunDErinG
instructions on othEr siDE
Posey Keylock
Counterclockwise
TO OPEN
TURN
TO
OPEN
FiG. 2
FiG. 3 FiG. 4
• There is a risk of chest compression or suffocation, if the
patient’s body weight is suspended off the mattress
(figs. 3 and 4).
Heed these warnings to reduce the risk of serious injury or
death: