BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

    HOYER LIFT

    MDR report key: 1240886 · Received November 10, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    2182305-2008-00040
    Event Type
    Other
    Date Received
    November 10, 2008
    Date of Event
    September 13, 2008
    Report Date
    October 10, 2008
    Manufacturer
    APEX HEALTHCARE MFG, INC.
    Product Code
    FNG
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED TO MFR, BY FACILITY, THEY WERE DOING A RESIDENT TRANSFER FROM A SHOWER GURNEY TO A BED. THE LEGS ON THE LIFT WERE CLOSED, THE CAREGIVERS PUSHED ON THE SLING WITH THE RESIDENT IN IT AND THE LIFT TIPPED OVER PINNING A STAFF MEMBER TO THE BED AND WHEN THE LIFT TIPPED THE BOOM ALSO HIT THE STAFF MEMBER ON HER FOREHEAD. PER FACILITY, THERE WERE NO NOTICEABLE DEFECTS IN THE LIFTER OR BROKEN PARTS ON THE LIFTER. MFR HAS CALLED THE FACILITY THREE TIMES SINCE ALLEGED INCIDENT TO GET MORE INFO AND DISCUSS IF THIS ALLEGED INCIDENT IS REPORTABLE. PER THE MFR, "CAREGIVERS PUSHING ON THE SLING WITH THE RESIDENT IN IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE MFR, INAPPROPRIATE USE OF DEVICE, TRAINING NEEDED AT FACILITY."

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 HOYER LIFT PATIENT LIFTER FNG APEX HEALTHCARE MFG, INC. STATURE

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNK Other