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1633 Flame Resistant Mattress Requirement

In July of 2007 the Consumer Product Safety Council established a requirement that all sleeping surfaces must meet 1633 Flame Resistant requirements of testing. The Mandate required the use of some type of barrier system that would meet the NEW 1633 Fire Testing Procedures. Our products have been tested to meet the requirements of this mandate. Please note that 1633 is a minimum fire testing requirement. Our products exceed the required minimum and also meet Cal. 129 and BFD-X11 rigid fire testing. The link www.cpsc.gov/businfo/frnotices/fr06/mattsets.pfd can be accessed for further details.

ENTRAPMENT and SAFETY PREVENTION

The Hospital Bed Safety Council in 1999 established seven zones of possible entrapment and proposed Measurements of these zones to reduce the risk of entrapment deaths. FDA established an assessment Guide in 2006 with recommended dimensions for 4 zones. The chart below is for information purposes Of these entrapment zones and possible corrective action. Please refer to www.fda.gov/cdrh/beds for more information.

ZONE Criteria of ZONE FDA GUIDE Possible Action
ZONE 1 Inside Rail between mattress and rail top FDA suggest 4.75” Rail Pads/DPC
ZONE 2 Under Rail between mattress and rail bottom FDA suggest 4.75” 7” Mat/DPC
ZONE 3 Between side rail and side of mattress FDA suggest 4.75” Wider Mat/DPC
ZONE 4 Under the rail on end of rail FDA suggest 2.325” Rail wedge/DPC

RESTRAINT DEFINED PERIMETER

Question:
Would a DEFINED PERIMETER (DPC)mattress be considered a restraint device?

Answer:

CMS RAI Chapter 3 pg. 198-202
The manual defines a physical restraint as a manual method or physical device, material, or equipment attached to the resident’s body that the individual cannot remove easily or restricts movement or normal access to individual’s body. In order to be considered a restraint, it must prevent the individual from doing something they can normally do. Since the individual is able to enter and exit the bed as normal, a DPC type of product cannot qualify as a restraint.

 

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