When a bed goes down, it becomes a weight around your facility's neck that not even your neurologists could fix. Patients get moved. Nurses improvise. The bed shop adds another ticket to a pile that was already too tall on Monday. 

So you need to replace beds fast. Fast doesn't mean you'll take any junker that rolled off a trailer without so much as a wipe-down, let alone a real check for issues. 

That's why every bed that comes into our warehouse goes through the same thing: a systematic inspection, parts replaced and upgraded, cleaning, painting, and a second full inspection before we even consider prepping it for shipment. 

Unlike our refurbished beds in your facilities, let's break down this process.

1. Inspection 

To check every component on a bed, we split the inspection into three categories. 

Frame 

We look for dents, bent pieces, and any general damage that could affect the integrity of the frame. Anything compromised beyond repair fails inspection, and the bed gets fully disassembled for parts. 

Mechanical functions 

Does every moving part glide, rotate, extend, and brake the way it's supposed to? We'll check each mechanical part for damage and replace it. In our final inspection, parts will be greased for top performance. 

This is also where we replace OEM parts that commonly fail with aftermarket parts we've designed and manufactured ourselves. On Stryker InTouch actuators, for example, we'll often swap the plastic coupler for an aluminum one. It's far stronger, meaning it's one failure neither of us has to deal with a year from now. 

Electronic components 

Footboard controls, bed exit, awareness, scale, bed angle and degrees, nurse call (if it's installed), and much more. Anything that doesn't function, or that we believe will fail from long-term use, gets replaced with a part built to last.

Reminder, if at any point we come across a bed we don't think will function properly, even after repair by our technicians, we don't sell it. It gets disassembled for parts. 

2. Painting 

A patient should never pause to think about the past patients that have laid in the same bed. A worn-out bed doesn't inspire confidence in the care around it. 

Before we start painting, we raise the bed with a forklift and clear the underside of dirt, cobwebs, and general wear. It's the part nobody sees.

From there, the bed moves to the sanding and painting area. Scratches, gouges, and other cosmetic damage get sanded down. Bondo goes on the deeper blemishes, then gets sanded again.  

Our paint technician masks the bed to prevent overspray, then primes, paints, and clear coats it in even layers. Any labels that have seen better days are replaced with brand new ones once the paint has cured. 

3. Final clean and inspection 

Multiple people work on every bed, and that's on purpose. It gives us fresh eyes at each stage of the process. 

Cleaning technicians can send a bed back to painting if any blemish is still there. Every surface is disinfected with a bleach solution. Plastic parts are polished until the bed looks fresh. 

Then the head technician repeats the entire first inspection, lubricating moving parts as they go. No stone is left unturned. A BedMed bed should function almost as well as new the moment it rolls into your hospital. 

4. Prep for shipping 

It doesn't matter how good the bed is if it gets banged up in transit. 

Every bed is individually wrapped and padded to protect it from cosmetic damage on the road. They’re lowered with the brakes applied to prevent shifting. 

 With enough breathing room, we can fit 14 to 16 beds on a semi depending on the model.  

Ask us what we did to yours 

Each of our beds goes through specific steps depending on its parts and functions. If you want to know more about any part of the reconditioning process for your bed, ask. A technician would be happy to walk you through exactly what we did before it shipped.