Features of Drive Balanced Aire Convertible Mattress
- 2.5″ Hybrid Visco Foam Top Layer:
– Provides immersion, premium comfort, and heat dissipation - High-density foam perimeter:
– Provides firm edge support and facilitates safe patient transfers - Heel slope:
– Redistributes pressure away from vulnerable heels - Self-adjustment can be open cell or closed cell to meet individual needs
- Self-Adjusting air cells recognize body weight and pressure and adjust to reduce interface pressure and improve patient comfort
- Eight non-circular cylinders prevent “rolling” or “gapping”
- Removable 4-way stretch PU cover is fluid resistant, low shear and vapor permeable helping protect the skin from friction and moisture
- Arrives patient ready, easy to deliver, set up and transport
- Foam and cover are antimicrobial, antifungal
- Latex-free
- Mattress Cover Material:
– Fluid-Resistant Stretch - Weight capacity:
– 35″W: 500 lbs
– 42″W: 700 lbs - Click here for Owners Manual
Indications of Drive Non-Powered Convertible Mattress:
- Provides non-powered zoned pressure redistribution
- Indicated for the prevention and treatment of any and all stage pressure ulcers when used in conjunction with a comprehensive pressure ulcer management plan
- Balanced Aire Self Adjusting Convertible support surface consists of eight air cylinders that run laterally underneath the body and are contained in a foam cavity
- On top of the air cells is a high-density foam coupled with a 2.5″ thick visco-elastic foam layer zoned for pressure redistribution
- Heel section is sloped to further redistribute pressure for the sensitive heel areas
- Self-adjusting air cylinders and the foam top surface aid in pressure redistribution and in maintaining low interface pressures throughout the surface
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Risk and Precautions:
- Transfer:
– Standard precautions should be taken during patient transfer. - Side Rails and Restraints:
– Use or non-use of restraints, including side rails, can be critical to patient safety.
– Serious injury or death can result from the use (potential entrapment) or non-use (potential patient falls) of side rails or other restraints.
– Monitor patients frequently to guard against patient entrapment and/or falls. - Patient Migration:
– Specialty surfaces have different shear and support characteristics than conventional surfaces and may increase the risk of patient movement, sinking and/or migration into hazardous positions of entrapment and/or inadvertent bed exit.
– Monitor patients frequently to guard against patient entrapment and/or falls. - No Smoking in Bed:
– Smoking in bed can be dangerous.
– To avoid the risk of fire, smoking in bed should never be allowed. - Disposal:
– At the end of useful life, dispose of waste according to local requirements.
Care and Cleaning:
- Washing and Disinfection
- General Guidance:
– Because of the variety of laundry equipment, chemicals, and conditions in use, you should pre-test cleaning of the cover with your agent of choice to ensure compatibility. - Routine Care:
– Surface wipe with neutral detergent and lukewarm water.
– Rinse thoroughly with water and dry thoroughly. - Machine Washing/Drying:
– Wash at no higher than 120° F with neutral detergent.
– Tumble dry at low heat setting.
– Do not use bleach and make sure cover is thoroughly dry before placing back on the mattress core. - Disinfection:
– Surface wipe the cover with quaternary solution or 1:10 bleach/water mixture according to recommended protocols.
– Avoid over saturation and ensure the surface does not stay wet longer than the chemical manufacturers guidelines for proper disinfecting.
– Wipe up excess disinfectant after the recommended kill time has elapsed.
– Thoroughly rinse the surface of the mattress with clean water using a clean cloth.
– Allow the surface to completely air dry prior to use.
– Phenolics may be used for the vinyl bottom of the cover only - Storage:
– When not in use, mattress should be stored flat in a controlled climate room
Contraindications:
- Patient conditions for which the application of pressure redistributing therapy is contraindicated are as follows:
– Unstable spinal cord injuries
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