KERN & SOHN MBB 15K2DM - Manual (Page 34)

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15.5 Verification validity period (current status in G)
 Personal scales in hospitals 4 year
 Personal scales if not used in hospitals unlimited
 Baby weighing scales and mechanical birth weight
scales
4 year
 Bed scales 2 year
 Wheelchair scales 2 year
 Rehab clinics and local health authorities are treated as
hospitals (4 years verification validity).
 Not treated as hospitals (verification validity not limited)
are dialysis stations, nursing homes and doctor’s
surgeries.
(Data source: ”Bureau of Standards News, Weighing
Instruments in Medicine“}