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Geoff,

Reading the DoH link in Dave Howell's last post I found this:

"...Recommendation 6 – Safety Alert’s previously issued by DH Estates & Facilities
recommended that all scales used for weighing patients should only display metric units.
Where weighing equipment is in use with switchable scales (e.g. imperial and metric), the
switching facility must be disabled to ensure that only the metric reading is
available. Where weighing equipment is in use with dual readings not capable of being
converted to read only metric units, should be replaced as a priority."

If the capability for reading in Imperial units can't be removed, my understanding is that they 'should' be taken out of service, hence my previous comment. Personally, let's just say that seems a little crazy to me!

I apologise for my part in taking this thread a little of topic: So, to comment 'on topic': I too have good experience with Seca stuff, although it's not the cheapest. Also if anyone has a recommended (realistic?) test/calibration methodology, I'm sure folks would find that helpful.

There, I tried!