Bed head units, also known as hospital bed head trunking. There are generally two types: horizontal bed head units, and vertical bed head panels. It mainly used in hospital wards, can be loaded with gas outlets, power switches, sockets, and other equipment. It is an essential gas outlet control device for the central oxygen supply and central attraction system. The bed head unit is the bedside life support system, is the rescue, the treatment, the nursing essential equipment.
Such an important device poses a number of hidden dangers due to various omissions in design, production, construction, use, and management, posing a threat to the patient’s life safety.
1.Security risks
1. Medical gas and electricity are not strictly separated.
2. Power wiring, grounding not according to the specifications using terminals.
3. The connection between the wire and the wire is tightened by hand. The tape is wound and insulated, and the screwing position is easy to contact with the poor, causing heat to ignite, resulting in circuit breaking, short circuit, electric leakage, and electric shock. If the oxygen outlet leaks, the fire is more likely to occur.
2.Gas outlet leakage
Terminal leaks not only bring security risks but also increase the operating costs of the hospital department, increases the operating time of the gas station equipment, increases the maintenance cost and reduce the life of the equipment.
3.Process Rough
Some bed head units with no pipe fittings, pipe fittings do not use special tools, tracheal serious deformation, smaller diameter, lack of gas.
4.Improper selection of materials
If the wire diameter is not enough, when using the power equipment for a long time, it will cause the wire to heat up. The insulation rubber layer softens and cracks, resulting in a short circuit.
5.Other problems
1.Port rank at random
2.Port disassembly difficult, overhaul inconvenient
3.Pipe material shoddy
4.Bed head panel with a single style and color
Therefore, in the daily use of the hospital, it is important to pay attention to the correct installation and maintenance of bed head units to avoid problems threatening the safety of patients and health care personnel.