New Impulse Drive
Reduces Bariatric Care Injuries

Safer for staff - reduce need for dangerous transfers and expensive cumbersome lifts.

Save staff time - no combing the facility for 4-6 nurses to move a 1,000 lb. patient and bed
through the facility or risk injury transferring to wheelchair.

Improve staff morale - Reducing the number of transfers means you reduce the threat
of career ending injuries and improve nursing staff morale in your bariatric unit.

Part of Emergency Evacuation Plan - Only one person is needed to move patient

Impulse Center-of-Bed Power Drive System is Best. Provides superior maneuverability when compared to all Power Drives at end of bed. 50” Turning Radius, allowing (in room) tight positioning correction. Impulse Bed Drive System is Safer for Staff, Saves Time and Simplifies Emergency Transport.

Burke Tri-Flex II "Impulse Drive" System
Safe and Easy Maneuverability through Variable Acceleration & Positioning.
Able to make small positioning corrections in the room with ease.
Moves bed down the hall at a walking pace or less at driver’s discretion.
Will stop immediately yet gently by removing thumb/finger pressure off the joy stick.
Easily maneuvers in and out of doorways, elevators, turns, etc.

Push Handles Push handles - Well positioned for optimum ease of use. Foam covered for a comfortable and safe grip. Affords less strain and effort for care givers while positioning or moving the bed. Also included with the Impulse Drive System.

Angle Indicators Angle Indicators - Easy to read and self setting - shows the degree of angle of the head gatch for recording levels of patient comfort relating to upper body positioning.

DO YOUR HOSPTIAL BEDS MEET THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS?

FEDERAL REGULATIONS REQUIRE INDEPENDENT
TESTING/LISTING TO THE IEC60601-2-38 FOR
ELECTRIC HOSPITAL BEDS

Many hospital administrators are unaware that all beds in their facility, including bariatric beds should meet the IEC 60601-2-38(2-38) U.S. electric hospital bed standard. The 2-38 is the first and only standard ever developed to specifically test the safety and effectiveness of electric hospital beds. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that any new hospital bed used in a hospital, nursing home or any public facility be tested to meet the 2-38 standard by a nationally recognized testing laboratory (NRTL), such as UL, ETL or CSA. The NRTL 2-38 standard certification mark must be placed on the bed. For many years, the Food and Drug Administration has used the 2-38 as the recognized consensus standard for testing all electric hospital beds, defining the minimum allowable construction and performance requirements.

A bed’s failure to meet the 2-38 standard raises questions of patient and staff safety as well as creating additional issues of product liability for the facility. Some bed manufacturers are currently claiming listings to invalid standards that are unacceptable to use in place of the 2-38. One current practice is placing a confusing UL label on the bed without listing the standard to which it was tested.

Any incident involving a non 2-38 NRTL tested bed puts your facility at greater liability risk. The following numbers demonstrate some of the incidents facilities are currently encountering. The FDA’s website reports 116 deaths by side rail entrapment, 12 bed fire incidents and 8 possible deaths by fire since 2002. In addition, there have been multiple bed recalls including one recall of over 200,000 beds for potential fires. The vast majority of these incidents involve beds that were not tested to the 2-38 standard. Protect your facility by requesting a certification letter issued by the NRTL, for any new bariatric bed rented or purchased for your facility. The letter should specifically state that the bed was tested and meets the IEC 60601-2-38 U.S. electric hospital bed standard.

Burke, Inc. has been specializing in bariatric bed frames since 1979.

Burke, Inc.
1800 Merriam Lane
Kansas City, Kansas 66106
1-800-255-4147