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Models Covered
6000, 6001, 6500, 6501, 6800, 6801, corresponding PLUS models, and 6000-230, 6500-230, and 6800-230 configurations covered by Document 2102818 Rev G.
Manual Reference
The Brewer Company Access High-Low Exam Table Installation and Operation Manual, Document 2102818 Rev G.
Manufacturer Recommendation / AEM Status
Brewer directs users to inspect the table every six months.
- Periodically inspect the electrical cord for cuts or damage when equipped.
- Inspect mechanical functions for satisfactory operation.
- Confirm fasteners are present and securely tightened.
- Lubricate approved moving parts, such as the backrest hinge, with food-grade silicone lubricant.
- Protect surrounding surfaces from overspray and wipe away excess lubricant.
- Do not lubricate the beam or locking mechanism in the stirrup area.
Remove spills immediately and follow Brewer's current cleaning guidance. If the table malfunctions, unplug it, assist the patient off, and service it before use. Apply the six-month interval unless an approved AEM schedule is supported by risk, use, environment, history, and applicable requirements.
What This PM Procedure Covers
- Identity, configuration, options, labels, history, and interval
- Upholstery, cabinet, frame, drawers, work surface, treatment pan, leg support, stirrups, and assist handles
- Height, backrest, foot control, Return to Chair, pelvic tilt, safety switches, mobility, warmer, and outlet as fitted
- Fasteners, approved lubrication, power components, and configuration-specific electrical safety
Required Tools and Equipment
- Current Brewer manual and cleaning guidelines
- Appropriate hand tools for accessible fasteners
- Food-grade silicone lubricant, protective covering, and lint-free cloths
- Manufacturer-compatible cleaning supplies
- Calibrated height/angle tools when facility-required
- Electrical safety analyzer suitable for Class I and Class II medical equipment
- Outlet/receptacle tester when an auxiliary outlet is fitted and facility-required
Step-by-Step PM Procedure
1. Verify Identification and Configuration
Action: Record asset tag, UDI/serial, exact model, rating, standard/PLUS configuration, and installed options. Identify manual/powered backrest, pelvic tilt, warmer, outlet, and EasyGlide.
Expected outcome: CMMS identity, model functions, ratings, and electrical class are known.
2. Review History and Remove From Use
Action: Review repairs, looseness, unexpected movement, motor/control problems, overheating, damage, cleaning concerns, and safety history. Remove the table from patient use and clear all surfaces and drawers.
Expected outcome: Known risks are identified and no patient or item is exposed to movement, pinch, fall, or electrical hazards.
3. Disconnect Power
Action: Position the table for safe access, switch off applicable options, and unplug it before service inspection. Energize only for specific functional or electrical tests with appropriate precautions.
Expected outcome: The table is safely de-energized for inspection.
4. Inspect Frame, Cabinet, and Upholstery
Action: Inspect upholstery, seams, backrest, seat, leg support, cabinet, base, levelers, covers, labels, fasteners, and accessible structure for tears, fluid, cracks, sharp edges, deformation, corrosion, looseness, missing hardware, or impact.
Expected outcome: Patient-contact and structural surfaces are intact, stable, and cleanable.
5. Clean the Table
Action: Clean using Brewer's current guidance and compatible products. Prevent liquid from entering seams, electrical openings, actuators, controls, or cabinet. Avoid manufacturer-prohibited solvents, dyes, and cleaners.
Expected outcome: Surfaces are clean and dry without damage, residue, or liquid intrusion.
6. Inspect the Power Path
Action: Inspect cord, hospital-grade plug, detachable connection when fitted, insulation, ground contact where applicable, strain reliefs, routing, foot-control cord/connector, switches, fuse holders, and outlet. Use only a Brewer-provided cord and confirm connections are seated.
Expected outcome: Power components are secure and free of cuts, crushing, exposed conductors, heat, contamination, or intermittency.
7. Inspect and Secure Fasteners
Action: Confirm accessible structural, cabinet, upholstery, handle, stirrup, leg-support, work-surface, control, and option fasteners are present and secure. Use specified torque where provided; do not overtighten or alter factory adjustments.
Expected outcome: Hardware is present and secure with no looseness or damaged threads.
8. Inspect Manual Components and Accessories
Action: Extend, inspect, and stow the leg support, pan, stirrups, work surface, drawers, paper storage, and handles. Confirm smooth travel, positive stops, retention, and locking. Verify stirrup lateral locks by attempting side-to-side movement without lifting the stirrup end.
Expected outcome: Components move smoothly, lock securely, and are free of binding, damage, excessive play, or missing stops.
9. Lubricate Approved Moving Parts
Action: Sparingly apply food-grade silicone lubricant to approved moving parts such as the backrest hinge. Protect nearby surfaces and remove excess. Do not lubricate the beam or locking mechanism in the stirrup area.
Expected outcome: Approved pivots move smoothly with no overspray or lubricant on prohibited components.
10. Verify Height and Foot Control
Action: Reconnect rated power and, with no load, operate height fully up/down while maintaining pinch clearance. Confirm smooth travel, direction, release-to-stop behavior, and automatic travel limits. Published range is approximately 18 ±0.5 inches to 37 ±1.0 inches. Respect the 10% duty cycle: two minutes on and 18 minutes off.
Expected outcome: Travel is smooth, limits stop correctly, position holds, and there is no abnormal noise, vibration, binding, drift, or heat.
11. Verify Lowering Safety Switches
Action: With no patient present, use a safe controlled method to verify seat-bottom switches stop downward movement when the bottom plate contacts an obstruction. Command the table up, clear the obstruction, then resume lowering.
Expected outcome: Contact stops lowering and operation resumes only after clearance.
12. Verify Backrest
Action: On manual 6000/6001 models and corresponding PLUS versions, support the backrest while verifying incremental lowering, controlled raising, and secure holding. On powered 6500/6501/6800/6801 models and corresponding PLUS versions, verify smooth up/down control and holding. Raise the table to at least 28 inches before lowering fully horizontal. Verify approximately 0-80° ±5° travel without forcing.
Expected outcome: Backrest moves controllably, holds position, and has no drift, binding, unexpected drop, noise, or damage.
13. Verify Return to Chair and Stop
Action: On equipped models, safely operate Return to Chair and verify coordinated movement. Confirm the red Stop control immediately stops automatic motion. Do not operate Return to Chair while engaging/disengaging EasyGlide.
Expected outcome: Automatic positioning works and Stop reliably halts movement.
14. Verify Pelvic Tilt
Action: On applicable 6001/6501/6801 and PLUS models, engage pelvic tilt with minimal force and confirm locking at approximately 6°. With no patient present, release and return to horizontal.
Expected outcome: Pelvic tilt engages, holds, releases, and returns smoothly.
15. Verify Warmer and Auxiliary Outlet
Action: On equipped models, inspect the warmer and verify normal control/indication. Do not stack instruments against its element. Inspect/test the auxiliary outlet per facility policy and do not exceed the 2-amp maximum load. Replace fuses only as corrective service with the configuration-specific Brewer fuse.
Expected outcome: Installed warmer/outlet functions operate normally without heat damage, looseness, fuse failure, or excessive load.
16. Verify EasyGlide When Fitted
Action: With no patient, attachments stowed, and table on level flooring, verify wheels deploy within approximately six seconds, indication matches the commanded state, movement is controlled, and wheels fully retract. Power loss may leave mobility in its current state; the option can remain active even if its light is off.
Expected outcome: Mobility engages/disengages completely and the table is stable when retracted.
17. Perform Electrical Safety Testing
Action: Use the exact label. Models 6000/6500/6800, corresponding PLUS models, and 6000-230/6500-230/6800-230 are listed as Class II double-insulated; protective-earth resistance is normally N/A. Models 6001/6501/6801 and corresponding PLUS models are Class I grounded; verify protective-earth continuity/resistance and applicable leakage. Test the auxiliary outlet when fitted. Record the facility standard and limits; the reviewed manual does not supply universal PM leakage or ground-resistance limits.
Expected outcome: Tests appropriate to the verified class and installed outlet meet current facility criteria.
18. Restore and Return to Service
Action: Restore fasteners, covers, cords, controls, accessories, drawers, pan, work surface, stirrups, handles, leg support, and paper storage. Retract mobility wheels, place the table in a stable position, and repeat a brief operational check. Document results and repairs.
Expected outcome: The table is clean, complete, stable, electrically safe, and fully functional.
Electrical Safety Testing
Verify the label before choosing Class I or Class II testing. Document analyzer/standard, equipment class, power-component inspection, protective-earth result or N/A, touch/enclosure leakage, patient-applied-part test if required for the Type B configuration, auxiliary outlet test when fitted, facility limits, and pass/fail. Never impose a Class I ground test on a verified Class II unit.
Pass / Fail Criteria
Pass
- Model, options, electrical class, rating, and manual are verified
- Upholstery, cabinet, frame, labels, levelers, power components, and fasteners pass
- Manual components and accessories travel, lock, and stow correctly
- Approved parts are lubricated; stirrup beam/lock remains unlubricated
- Height/backrest move smoothly, stop correctly, and hold
- Lowering safety switches and Stop control pass
- Return to Chair, pelvic tilt, warmer, outlet, and EasyGlide pass when fitted
- No abnormal motion, noise, vibration, drift, binding, overheating, exposed wiring, or liquid remains
- Configuration-specific electrical safety passes
Remove From Service
- Structural, upholstery, fastener, stability, sharp-edge, lock, or accessory hazard exists
- Any power component is damaged or overheated
- Movement binds, drifts, is uncontrolled, fails to stop, or cannot hold
- A pinch, fall, tip, electrical, or unexpected-movement hazard remains
- Electrical safety fails
- The table malfunctions or needs repair unavailable under an authorized procedure
Copy/Paste CMMS Work Order Procedure
Use the exact model's current Brewer manual, Brewer cleaning guidance, facility policy, and approved AEM program to determine final maintenance and return-to-service requirements.