- Condition: Factory New
- Warranty: 2 Years
- Weight: 5.0 lb
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- MFR: Health o meter Ships from Manufacturer
- MPN: 549KG
- Phone: (800) 815-6615
Frequently asked questions
Is the portable scale suitable for home healthcare use?
Yes, while the Health o meter 549KG is a professional medical instrument, its design makes it highly suitable for portable and home healthcare applications.
This scale is explicitly designed for environments where portability is required, such as visiting nurse routes or smaller medical practices that infrequently handle infant patients.
Key features supporting its use in mobile settings include:
- It is lightweight and entirely battery-powered.
- The plastic tray is easy to clean, supporting hygienic practices across different locations.
- It features a 20 kg capacity with a precise 10 g resolution, ensuring high professional accuracy regardless of the location.
What is the maximum weight capacity?
The Health o meter 549KG Digital Pediatric Tray Scale has a maximum capacity of 20 kg (kilograms).
This high-accuracy scale provides measurements with a precise 10 g resolution, ensuring detailed and accurate results for infants and young children.
Is the scale's resolution a precise 10 grams?
Yes, this digital pediatric scale provides highly accurate measurements with a 10 gram (10 g) resolution. Its maximum capacity is 20 kg.
This level of precision is essential for clinical settings where accurate weight measurement is crucial, such as when calculating medication dosages for infants and children.
Does the scale use a clear LCD display?
Yes, the Health o meter 549KG scale is equipped with a 0.6-inch LCD display.
This display is designed for clear readability in clinical environments, ensuring measurements are easy to interpret, particularly for weight-based dosage calculations.
What operating functions does the scale offer?
The scale features several key operational functions designed for accuracy and convenience in a clinical setting:
- Tare: This crucial function allows you to automatically subtract the weight of items like blankets or diapers, ensuring you get the exact weight of the infant.
- Zero / Auto Zero: These functions maintain measurement accuracy by setting the scale back to zero or automatically adjusting the starting point.
- Auto Off: This feature helps conserve battery life when the scale is not actively in use.
Does this scale measure strictly in kilograms?
Yes, this scale is designed exclusively for kilogram-only measurement.
This deliberate design choice is supported by an LB/KG Lockout feature, which ensures measurements are fixed in kilograms. This is essential for preventing unit conversion errors and guaranteeing accurate weight recordings for critical medical applications, such as calculating medication dosages.
What is the warranty period for the Health o meter 549KG Digital Pediatric Tray Scale?
The Health o meter 549KG scale comes with a 2-year warranty.
What size is the comfortable pediatric tray?
The contoured plastic tray is designed for comfort, stability, and easy cleaning. Its dimensions (Length x Width x Height) are:* Inches: 19.25” x 13” x 2.6”* Millimeters: 489 mm x 330 mm x 67 mm
Is the tray made of hygienic, easy-to-clean plastic?
Yes, the scale features a substantial, curved, easy-to-clean plastic tray. This material choice and design ensure the unit is suitable for maintaining hygienic and sterile environments during pediatric measurements.
What is the scale's physical footprint?
The overall product footprint (Length x Width x Height) is 19.4” x 13.5” x 4.4” (492 mm x 343 mm x 111 mm).