Seca 677 - Manual (Page 71)

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Starting the weighing
procedure
1. Ensure that the scale has no load.
2. Ask the patient to step onto the scale.
3. Ask the patient to keep still.
4. Read off the measurement result.
Determining extra
weight (TARE)
Using the TARE function, you can prevent any extra
weight (e.g. a towel or a support on the weighing plat-
form) from affecting the weighing result.
ATTENTION!
Incorrect measurement due to force shunts
If an extra weight, e.g. a large towel, contacts
the surface on which the scale is placed, weight
will not be measured correctly.
– Make sure that extra weights are only placed
on the scale's weighing surface.
1. Switch on the scale.
2. Place the extra weight on the scale.
3. Hold the (hold/tare) arrow key down until the
message "NET" appears in the display.
4. Wait until the display stops flashing and 0.00
appears instead.
5. Weigh the patient as described in the section
entitled "Starting the weighing procedure".
6. Read off the measurement result.
The additional weight is automatically deducted.
7. To deactivate the TARE function, press the (hold/
tare) arrow key until the message "NET" is no long-
er displayed or turn off the scale.
NOTE
The maximum weight which can be displayed is
reduced by the weight of the objects already
placed on the scale.
Keeping the
measurement result in
the display (HOLD)
When you activate the HOLD function, the weight value
continues to be displayed after the weight has been
removed from the scale. As a result, you can attend to
the patient before recording the weight.
1. Ensure that the scale has no load.
2. Switch on the scale.
tare
tare