Seca 862 Manual Del Usuario página 20

1. Congratulations!
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By purchasing the seca 862 electronic
personal scale, you have acquired a high-
ly-accurate and sturdy piece of equip-
ment.
seca has been putting its experience at
the service of health for over 150 years
now, and as market leader in many coun-
tries of the world, is always setting new
standards with its innovative develop-
ments for weighing and measuring.
In accordance with national regulations, the
seca 862 electronic personal scale is used
primarily in hospitals, doctors' surgeries
and in-patient nursing facilities. The scales
are a Class I medical product, and have
been calibrated in accordance with the
precision class III.
2. Safety
Before using the new scale, please take a little time to read the following safety instruc-
tions.
• Follow the safety instructions in the in-
struction manual.
• Keep the operating manual and the
declaration of conformity contained
therein in a safe place.
• Do not drop the scale or subject it to
violent shocks.
• The cable between the weighing plat-
form and the case must be laid so that it
does not present a tripping hazard.
• Ensure that the cables are not crushed
and do not come into contact with hot
objects.
• When using the scale with a mains unit,
ensure that the supply cable is routed in
such a way as to exclude any type of
tripping hazard.
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Weight is determined within a few sec-
onds.
In addition to the conventional determina-
tion of weight, the seca 862 also has a
function for determining body mass index.
For this purpose, height is entered on the
keypad and the body mass index associ-
ated with the weight value is output.
Limit values for load can be set for use in
orthopaedics. An alarm sounds in the
event of overload.
The scale is of a very sturdy construction
and will give you long and loyal service. It
is easy to operate and the large display is
easy to read.
• Have scale serviced and re-calibrated
on a regular basis (see "Servicing/recal-
ibration" on page 31).
• Have repairs carried out exclusively by
authorised persons.
• Use only the type of battery stated (see
"Changing the batteries" on page 31).
• If the scale is used to monitor strain in
orthopaedic applications, someone
should first check the correct setting of
limit values and alarm function to pre-
vent a patient inadvertently being
placed under excessive strain.