BS 5223-2:1999
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Specification for hospital bedding Combustion modified, flexible polyurethane, general purpose foam mattress cores. Specification
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English
15-08-1999
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Foreword
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Dimensions
4. Construction
5. Performance
6. Ignitability
7. Marking
Annex A (normative) Schedule 1 to Statutory
Instrument: 1988 No. 1324 Consumer Protection. The Furniture
and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
Bibliography
Defines requirements for mattress cores made of flexible, combustion modified polyurethane foam for use in hospital wards. Provides for two classes of general purpose mattress core; for bedsteads, cots and maternity cribs for children, for bedsteads and cots for adult patients. Not applicable to mattresses for special purposes or mattresses comprising more than one layer of foam. Does not include requirements for mattress covers.
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FW/0/2
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 98/702731 DC and BS 5223-2(1992) (09/2003) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, March 2013. (03/2013)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
10
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This part of BS5223 specifies requirements for mattress cores made of flexible, combustion modified polyurethane foam for use in hospital wards. It provides for two classes of general purpose mattress core as follows:
Class 1. Mattress cores for bedsteads and cots for adult patients;
Class 2. Mattress cores for bedsteads, cots and maternity cribs for children.
This part of this standard does not apply to mattresses for special purposes or mattresses comprising more than one layer of foam.
This part of this standard does not include requirements for mattress covers.
| BS 4886:1988 | Specification for hospital bedsteads |
| BS EN ISO 1856:2001 | Flexible cellular polymeric materials. Determination of compression set |
| BS EN ISO 3385:2014 | Flexible cellular polymeric materials. Determination of fatigue by constant-load pounding |
| BS 4886:1988 | Specification for hospital bedsteads |
| BS 3379:1991 | Specification for flexible polyurethane cellular materials for loadbearing applications |
| BS 5852-2:1982 | Fire tests for furniture Methods of test for the ignitability of upholstered composites for seating by flaming sources |
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