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Configurations Covered
FL28 and FL36 hospital-bed configurations only when confirmed by model- and serial-specific Stryker documentation.
Manual Reference
Stryker FL28EX GOBed II Operation Manual 28EX-009-001 Rev B and FL28EX Maintenance Manual 72-0905E Rev A for FL28 units; current model- and serial-specific Stryker documentation must be used for FL36 units.
Manufacturer Recommendation / AEM Status
For the FL28, Stryker recommends an effective maintenance program and lists these preventive-maintenance checks as annual. Its checklist covers structure, fasteners, bronze shoulder spacers, lubrication, brakes, steer, siderails, boards, controls, scale, nurse call and communications options, CPR release, powered movements, outlet/night-light options, mattress, cables, grounds, casters, labels, and electrical safety.
The FL28 manual says to inspect and lubricate specified actuator/clevis components as needed and at least every two years, and not to lubricate its oil-impregnated bronze shoulder spacers. Apply those details only where the exact unit documentation confirms them. For an FL36, use its current model- and serial-specific checklist, intervals, lubrication instructions, options, and criteria rather than assuming every FL28 detail is identical. Changes to listed activities or intervals belong under the facility's approved AEM program.
What This PM Procedure Covers
- Identity, serial range, rating, configuration, and options
- Frame, litter, boards, siderails, casters, brakes, steer, mattress, and labels
- Powered positions, CPR release, controls, scale, bed exit, nurse call, and communications
- Option-specific inspection and function checks
- Lubrication review and electrical safety
Required Tools and Equipment
- Current serial-specific Stryker operation and maintenance manuals
- Manufacturer-specified lubricant and hand tools when indicated
- Calibrated test weights when a scale is fitted
- Compatible nurse-call test connection when fitted
- Electrical safety analyzer appropriate for the bed and facility standard
- Approved cleaning/disinfection supplies and PPE
Step-by-Step PM Procedure
1. Verify Identification and Manual Applicability
Action: Record asset tag, model FL28 or FL36, serial, department, electrical rating, manufacture information, and installed options. Select matching model- and serial-range manuals.
Expected outcome: The bed and applicable requirements are positively identified.
2. Review History and Remove From Use
Action: Review faults, damage, collisions, brake/steer issues, movement complaints, option failures, fluid ingress, safety failures, and repairs. Remove the unoccupied bed from clinical use.
Expected outcome: Known risks are captured and no patient is exposed.
3. Clean and Establish a Safe Condition
Action: Clean/disinfect per the manual. Unplug before mechanical inspection, lower to a safe position, apply brakes, and support moving sections before work beneath them.
Expected outcome: Contamination, shock, movement, and crush hazards are controlled.
4. Inspect Frame, Litter, Welds, and Hardware
Action: Inspect frame, litter, welds, pivots, tubing, sheet metal, fasteners, covers, bumpers, and attachment points for looseness, cracking, bending, corrosion, sharp edges, or modification.
Expected outcome: Structure is intact and fasteners are secure.
5. Inspect Bronze Shoulder Spacers
Action: Inspect oil-impregnated bronze shoulder spacers at hinge points for excessive wear. Replace as necessary; do not lubricate them.
Expected outcome: Spacers are serviceable and free of improper lubricant.
6. Inspect Lubrication Points
Action: Inspect actuator/clevis and other manual-identified lubrication points. Use only the specified product/method when needed and confirm the at-least-every-two-years requirement is current.
Expected outcome: Specified points are correctly lubricated.
7. Inspect Casters and Mobility
Action: Remove debris and inspect each caster, tire, swivel, mounting, and ground chain when fitted. Roll and turn the unloaded bed in each direction.
Expected outcome: Casters are secure and move smoothly.
8. Test Brakes
Action: From both sides, fully engage the red brake pedal and push to confirm immobilization; return to neutral and verify release. Test brake-not-set indication when fitted.
Expected outcome: Brakes and indication function correctly.
9. Test Steer System
Action: From both sides, engage the green steer pedal and confirm fifth-wheel engagement and tracking; return to neutral and confirm release.
Expected outcome: Steer mode engages and disengages correctly.
10. Inspect Siderails, Boards, and Mattress
Action: Inspect and cycle siderails, latches, releases, head/foot boards, molded shells, handles, platform, retainers, and mattress cover for damage, contamination, entrapment risk, or failure to latch/stow.
Expected outcome: Patient-support and retention parts are secure and functional.
11. Inspect Power Components and Cables
Action: Inspect cord, plug, ground pin, strain relief, connectors, wiring, control cables, and grounds for damage, heat, pinching, wear, looseness, exposed conductors, or unauthorized repair.
Expected outcome: Power and protective-earth components are intact.
12. Verify Controls and Indicators
Action: Reconnect verified power. Test patient, caregiver, footboard, and siderail controls, lockouts, displays, indicators, audible alerts, and applicable labels.
Expected outcome: Every fitted control and indicator works correctly.
13. Test Hi-Lo and Deck Articulation
Action: Through the safe range, test up/down, Fowler, Knee Gatch, Trendelenburg/reverse Trendelenburg, Auto Contour, and other fitted movement. Check for binding, drift, noise, cable strain, collision, or incorrect stopping.
Expected outcome: Movements are smooth, stable, and correctly limited.
14. Test CPR Release
Action: Raise applicable deck sections and operate each CPR release per the manual. Confirm required sections flatten and powered control restores correctly.
Expected outcome: CPR release lowers and resets correctly.
15. Verify Scale and Bed-Exit Functions
Action: If fitted, zero/calibrate the scale and verify it with calibrated weight at approved points. Test bed-exit setup, sensitivity, indicators, and alarm without a patient.
Expected outcome: Scale and bed exit meet documented criteria.
16. Verify Nurse Call and Communications
Action: If fitted, test nurse call through the approved interface and confirm cable, buttons, indicators, alarm receipt, and communications options end to end.
Expected outcome: Installed communication functions operate correctly.
17. Verify Other Installed Options
Action: Test the auxiliary outlet, night light, IV pole, Foley hooks, battery/backup, and other fitted options according to the exact manual. Inspect hardware and labels.
Expected outcome: Each installed option is secure and functional.
18. Perform Electrical Safety Testing
Action: Measure protective-earth/ground continuity and applicable leakage using the analyzer instructions, exact configuration, current Stryker documentation, applicable standard, and facility limits.
Expected outcome: All safety measurements pass.
19. Complete Final Operational Inspection
Action: Recheck brakes, steer, siderails, CPR, controls, movements, alarms, and accessories. Confirm safe cable routing, restored covers/fasteners, and no tools or debris.
Expected outcome: The complete bed works normally with safeguards restored.
20. Restore and Document
Action: Return the bed to its approved configuration, clean it, record readings/findings/parts/actions, apply the PM label, and return to service only after every failure is resolved.
Expected outcome: The FL28 or FL36 is clean, complete, documented, and safe.
Electrical Safety Testing
The reviewed FL28 checklist requires leakage and grounding-continuity testing. Use the limits in the current model- and serial-specific manual, applicable standard, and facility policy. Verify the corresponding requirements directly from the applicable FL36 documentation rather than assuming identical criteria.
Pass / Fail Criteria
Pass
- Identity, serial applicability, rating, configuration, and manuals are verified
- Structure, spacers, lubrication, mobility, patient-support parts, labels, power parts, and grounds pass
- All movements, CPR, controls, lockouts, displays, alarms, and fitted options pass
- Scale, bed exit, nurse call, and communications meet applicable criteria when fitted
- Electrical safety passes and no unresolved fault remains
Remove From Service
- Manual applicability or electrical configuration cannot be established
- A structural, caster, brake, steer, siderail, deck, retention, cord, ground, cable, control, or movement defect affects safety
- CPR, nurse call, bed exit, scale, alarm, lockout, or another fitted safety function fails
- Binding, unintended movement, drift, abnormal noise/heat/odor, intrusion, exposed conductor, or electrical-safety failure exists
- Required repair, calibration, or final verification remains incomplete
Copy/Paste CMMS Work Order Procedure
Use the current model- and serial-specific Stryker manuals and facility-approved AEM program to determine the final PM interval, lubrication instructions, option-specific tests, electrical-safety limits, and return-to-service requirements. Never work beneath an unsupported bed section. Apply the FL28 shoulder-spacer no-lubrication instruction only where the exact unit documentation confirms that component.