Vancare Vera-Lift V600 w/scale, Vera-Lift V350 w/scale, Vera-Lift V600, Vera-Lift V800, VERA-LIFT II B350 Operating Manual
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VERA OPERATING MANUAL
Models: V350,350 w/scale, V600, V600 w/scale, & V800
Table of Contents
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Diagram and Features
VERA-LIFT™ V350 .................................................................................. 3
VERA-LIFT™ V600 .................................................................................. 4
VERA-LIFT V800 ...........................................................................5
Safety Information
arning Symbol ....................................................................................6
W
Us
ing the VERA-LIFTTM and VERA-LIFTTM Back Belt and Sitting Slings
with Other Manufacturer’s Equipment ...................................................6
Back Belt and Sling Care .........................................................................6
Pre-Use and Monthly Inspections..............................................................6
Leaving Slings Positioned Under Patients in Wheelchairs, etc ........................7
Patient Transport with the VERA- LIFT
aff training ........................................................................................7
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Patient Assessment Criteria for Transfers
Transfer Criteria for the VERA-LIFT
TM
....................................................7
TM
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Basic Standing Transfer ..........................................................................8
Standing Transfer with Crossed Straps ......................................................8
Standing Transfer with Crossed Straps and Buttock Support Strap ................9
Patients Not Suited for VERA-LIFT
TM
Standing Transfers ...............................9
Seated Transfer with Sitting Style Slings/Belts...........................................10
Sizing and Positioning the Back Belt.........................................................10
Sizing and Positioning the Sitting Style Slings/Belts.................................... 11
Tip for Positioning the Buttock Support Strap/Sitting Sling Leg Supports ...... 11
Specialty Back Belts and Sitting Slings .................................................... 11
VERA-LIFT™ Transfer Procedures
Basic Standing Transfer ........................................................................ 12
Standing Transfer with Crossed Straps .................................................... 13
Standing Transfer with Crossed Straps and Buttock Support Strap .............. 15
Seated Transfer with Sitting Style Sling/Belts............................................ 17
Standing Transfer Toileting Procedure ..................................................... 18
Seated Transfer Toileting Procedure........................................................ 19
Wheelchair Repositioning.......................................................................20
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Other Procedures
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Emergency Stop Switch ........................................................................ 21
Base Adjustment................................................................................... 21
Rear Caster Brakes................................................................................ 21
Emergency Up/Down Switch .................................................................. 21
Charging the Batteries ........................................................................... 22
Pendant Switch Battery Indicator Lights .................................................. 22
Product Care
Back Belt and Sitting Sling Care ............................................................. 23
Monthly Back Belt and Sitting Sling Inspection ......................................... 23
Monthly VERA-
LIFT Inspection............................................................. 23
Cleaning the VERA-LIFT™ ..................................................................... 24
Factory Service and Ordering Replacement Parts ...................................... 24
Further Questions................................................................................. 24
VERA-LIFT™ Back Belt, Sitting Sling, and Gait Belt Ordering Information
VERA-LIFT Sling ordering
...................................................................... 25
Double Strap Contour Back Belts ............................................................ 25
Single Strap Contour Back Belts ............................................................. 26
VERA-LIFT Sitting Slings...
..................................................................... 26
VANCARE Gait Belts.............................................................................. 27
VERA-LIFT back belt and sling options.......
................................................. 27
Special Orders ..................................................................................... 27
Optional Built-in VERASCALE®
Operation ............................................................................................ 28
Calibration .......................................................................................... 28
Mon
thly VERA-LIFT™ Inspection Checklist ............................................. 2
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Monthly VERA-LIFT™ Back Belt & Sling Inspection Checklist..................30
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Diagram and Features
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VERA-LIFT™ V350 Pound Lifting Capacity
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1. Lift base
2. Locking rear caster brakes
3. Emergency up/down switch
(on back of base)
4. Foot pad (moveable height on
models without scales)
5. Mast
6. Mast pegs
scales)
7. Knee pad (with optional knee
strap)
8. Shift bar
Re-charging
9.
10. Mast handgrips
11. Emergency stop switch
12. Pendant switch with battery
indicator lights
13. Extended bolt (optional)
14. Lift Arms
15. Lift arm hooks
16. Pati ent handgrips
Scale (optional)
(on models without
plug
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8
10
12
9
6
1
13
5
15
11
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VERA-LIFT™ V600 Pound Lifting Capacity
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1. Lift base
2. Locking rear caster brakes
3. Emergency up/down switch
(on back of base)
4. Foot pad (moveable height on
models without scales)
5. Mast
6. Mast pegs
scales)
7. Knee pad (with optional knee
strap)
8. Shift bar
Re-charging
9.
10. Mast handgrips
11. Emergency stop switch
12. Pendant switch with battery
indicator lights
13. Extended bolt (optional)
14. Lift Arms
15. Lift arm hooks
16. Pati ent handgrips
Scale (optional)
(on models without
plug
2
8
10
12
9
6
1
13
5
15
11
16
7
3
4
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VERA-LIFT V800 Pound Lifting Capacity
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1. Lift base
2. Locking rear caster brakes
3. Emergency up/down switch
(on back of base)
4. Foot pad (moveable height on
models without scales)
5. Mast
6. Mast pegs
scales)
7. Knee pad (with optional knee
strap)
8. Shift bar
Re-charging
9.
10. Mast handgrips
11. Emergency stop switch
12. Pendant switch with battery
indicator lights
13. Extended bolt (optional)
14. Lift Arms
15. Lift arm hooks
16. Pati ent handgrips
Scale (optional)
(on models without
plug
2
8
10
12
9
6
1
13
5
15
11
16
7
3
4
Safety Information
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Warning Symbol
A warning symbol is used in this manual to alert the user to important safety
information. Make sure your staff understands the meaning of the warning symbol
and follows the instructions that follow it.
Using the VERA-LIFT
TM
and VERA-LIFTTM Back Belt and Sitting Slings
with Other Manufacturer’s Equipment
WARNING
VERA-LIFT™ slings may be used with the VERA-LIFT™ only. Using other manufacturer’s
patient lifts with VERA-LIFT™ slings is also prohibited.
Back Belt and Sling Care
When belts are soiled or contamin
or warm water only.
Laundering Instructions
1) Standard VERA back belts and sitting slings may be tumble-dried on the “delicate”
temperature cycle in the dryer. If the dryer in your facility does not have a “delicate”
cycle, slings should be hung to air dry.
2) “C” Cloth back belts and sitting slings may be washed in water temperature up to 167° F
(75° C). Do not bleach. Air dry or dry at temperature below 167°. Inspect with each use.
3) “H” Cloth back belts and sitting slings may be washed in water temperature up to 200° F
(93° C). Do not bleach. Air dry or dry at temperature below 200°. Inspect with each use.
ated, they should be washed with mild detergent in cold
WARNING
Bleach MAY NOT BE USED as it can weaken the stitching and fabric. It is important
that the Laundry Department is told how to care for belts correctly.
Pre-Use and Monthly Inspections
VANCARE lifts are designed and manufactured to meet or exceed the safety requirements
for patient care equipment. In addition, they have been tested and listed by a nationally
recognized testing laboratory, MET Labs., to insure their safety. It is important, however,
that you know that materials can fail due to normal wear caused by use over time. Doing
the inspections described below will help your facility make sure that lifts, back belts and
slings are kept in safe working condition and that potential problems are noted before
hazardous conditions result.
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Leaving Slings Positioned Under Patients in Wheelchairs, etc.
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There are times when leaving the sling under a patient while he or she is seated in
wheelchair or chair would promote patient comfort and would enable staff to provide care.
Before this can be done, however, the patient’s posture must be evaluated by a nurse or
professional rehabilitation department staff member to see if leaving the sling under the
patient might contribute to the patient sliding out of, or falling off of, a wheelchair or chair.
Secondly, the patient’s clothing, the sling fabric, and the surface of the chair or wheelchair
must be assessed for slipperiness. If leaving the sling under the patient while he or she is
in the wheelchair or chair poses risk for sliding out of or falling off of the wheel-chair, it may
not be left under the patient.
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Patient Transport with the VERA-LIFTTM
WARNING
It is important for staff to know that the VERA-LIFT™ is approved for standing
patient transfers within the patient’s room and the connecting bathroom only.
The VERA-LIFT™ with the back belt MAY NOT be used to transport patients who are
standing on the lift from one room in the facility to another.
The VERA-LIFT™ with the sitting sling MAY BE used to transport patients in a sitting position
from one room to another in addition to transferring patients within their room.
Staff Training
After the VERA-LIFT™ has been received from VANCARE, I
representative will provide initial in-service training for your staff. Before using the VERALIFT™ to transfer patients, all staff must be trained and authorized to use the VERA-LIFT™.
If additional training is needed, contact your local distributor.
A video demonstrating transfer techniques and VERA-LIFT™ care was sent to the facility
with the lift. This video can be used, along with “hands on” training led by a nurse or
professional rehabilitation staff member who has been designated as your facility’s
mechanical lift trainer, as part of your facility’s mechanical lift education program. Only staff
members who have been trained according to the procedures in this manual, by a
manufacturer’s representative, or by a nurse or professional rehabilitation staff member
designated as your facility’s mechanical lift trainer, be allowed to use the VERA-LIFT™.
WARNING
Watching the video without “hands on” training DOES NOT QUALIFY AS TRAINING. Staff
members who have seen the video but who have not had “hands on” training described
above may not use the VERA-LIFT™.
nc., a manufacturer’s
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Patient Assessment Criteria for Transfers
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Transfer Criteria for the VERA-LIFTTM
WARNING
Before using the VERA-LIFT™ V350 and V600, patients must be assessed by the
facility's professional nursing or professional rehabilitation staff to determine which
patients are suitable for transfer with the VERA-LIFT™ V350, which VERA-LIFT™
transfer technique to use, which size back belt or sitting sling is appropriate, and the
number of staff members necessary to transfer each patient.
WARNING
Although one person can perform patient transfers, certain patients or situations may
require the help of one or more additional staff members. For example, patients with
unpredictable behavior due to dementia may require additional help if their behavior
poses risk of injury to themselves or to staff members.
The above information must be recorded in the patient’s record and must be
communicated to the staff.
Basic Standing Transfer
1) The Patient Must:
a) Have predictable, cooperative behavior - may not exhibit behavior that might pose
risk of injury to the patient or for staff members during VERA-LIFT™ standing
transfers. (See “Patients Not Suited For VERA-LIFT™ Standing Transfers” on next
page.)
b) Be able to follow simple directions
c) Be able to put both feet on the VERA-LIFT™ foot pad and bear weight on both legs
d) Be able to stand erect o
back belt
e) Have no injuries or medical conditions that might be aggravated by the transfer
procedure
f) When using VERA V350, patient must weight less than 350 pounds; when using
VERA V600, patient must weight less than 600 pounds; VERA V800; less than 800 pounds.
r lean back into the back belt with arms on the outside of the
Standing Transfer with Crossed Straps
1) The Patient Must:
a) Have cooperative behavior - may not exhibit behavior that might pose risk of injury
to the patient or for staff members during VERA-LIFT™ standing transfers, (See
“Patients Not Suited For VERA-LIFT™ Standing Transfers” on next page.)
b) Be able to follow simple directions
c) Be able to bear weight on at least one leg
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d) Be able to stand erect or lean back into the back belt with arms on the outside of the
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back belt
e) Have no injuries or medical conditions that might be aggravated by the transfer
procedure
f) When using VERA V350, patient must weight less than 350 pounds; when using
VERA V600, patient must weight less than 600 pounds; VERA V800; less than 800 pounds.
2) The Patient May:
a) Have unpredictable behavior, for example: patients with dementia - as long as
behavior exhibited does not pose a safety hazard for the patient or for staff members
during VERA-LIFT™ transfers. (See “Patients Not Suited For VERA-LIFT™ Standing
Transfers” section below.)
b) Be unable to hold onto one or both hand grips
c) Have history of knee(s) giving way to side
d) Have one-sided paralysis or single lower extremity amputation
Standing Transfer with Crossed Straps and Buttock Support Strap
1) The Patient Must:
a) Have cooperative behavior - may not exhibit behavior that might pose risk of injury
to the patient or for staff members during VERA-LIFT™ standing transfers, (See
“Patients Not Suited For VERA-LIFT™ Standing Transfers” section below.)
b) Be able to follow simple directions
c) Be able to bear weight on at least one leg
d) Be able to stand erect or lean back into the back belt with arms on the outside of the
back belt
e) Have no injuries or medical conditions that might be aggravated by the transfer
procedure
f) When using VERA V350, patient must weight less than 350 pounds; when using
VERA V600, patient must weight less than 600 pounds; V800; less than 800 pounds.
2) The Patient May:
a) Have unpredictable behavior, for example: patients with dementia - as long as
behavior exhibited does not pose a safety hazard for the patient or for staff members
during VERA-LIFT™ transfers. (See “Patients Not Suited For VERA-LIFT™ Standing
Transfers” section below.)
b) Be unable to hold onto one or both hand grips
c) Have history of knee(s) giving way to side
d) Have one-sided paralysis or single lower extremity amputation
e) Have one leg with weight-bearing restriction such as status post-hip or knee surgery
(assessment must be done by physical or occupational therapist to determine
appropriateness of transfer for individual patient)
f) Have decreased motor control and/or weakness with coming to standing position
Patients Not Suited For VERA-LIFT™ Standing Transfers
1) Patients whose unpredicta
patients or staff. Examples are patients who:
a) Attempt to pick one or both feet off of the floor during gait belt transfers or off of the
VERA-LIFT™ foot pad during VERA-LIFT™ standing transfers
b) Attempt to climb the knee pad
c) Attempt to step backward off of the VERA-LIFT™ foot pad
d) Are unpredictably able to bear weight
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ble behavior during transfers poses risk of injury to
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