General Information
Abi Cots are designed to allow bereaved
parents to spend a larger amount of
time with their baby in order to grieve
and say goodbye as a family and is not
designed to store human tissue. Please
note the Abi Cot is for periods of short
term usage and is not to be used for
storage / mortuary purposes.
Whenever our cot is used it is under the supervision of
a competent bereavement midwife who has read and
understood the instruction manual. The Abi Cot will be
used for a number of hours before the baby is returned
to the morgue for proper storage, being brought back
out to the parents when they are ready to see the baby
again. Occasionally the baby may be kept for longer
in the cot in a preparation room area away from the
parents. The baby should always be returned to the
morgue for longer periods of storage time.
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Start Up Guide
• Connect the plug to a 240V standard UK socket
• Switch the unit on at the mains and conrm that the
LED light in the bottom corner of the unit is on to
indicate that the unit is receiving power.
• Allow to run for 10-15 minutes the cot will then go
down to temperature of +2/8°C.
• The cot is now ready for use, check daily when in use
and perform maintenance at regular intervals.
• The temperature will uctuate as the cot runs on
a continuous refrigeration cycle. The unit has an
automatic defrost facility which operates every 6
hours, during these times the temperature will exceed
the normal running temperature, however if the
temperature exceeds 16°C and does not decrease then
please contact the hospitals certied Refrigeration or
Electrical department.
• We recommend that routine temperature checks, using
a suitable temperature probe, should be included
at initial installation of the Abi Cot and at regular
intervals as part of the standard operating procedure
to conrm that the unit is operating correctly.
