BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    ADULT BUSH-BUTTON ALUMINUM CRUTCHES

    MDR report key: 1241843 · Received November 19, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    1241843
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    November 19, 2008
    Date of Event
    August 19, 2008
    Report Date
    November 19, 2008
    Manufacturer
    CARDIANL HEALTH
    Product Code
    IPR
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    User Facility report
    Reporter Location
    AZ, US
    Reporter Occupation
    NURSE

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PATIENT CAME TO EMERGENCY DEPT FOR A FRACTURED RIGHT TOE WHICH WAS REDUCED. PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED WITH CRUTCHES. IN UNDER TWO HOURS THE TUBING CUT THROUGH THE RUBBER TIP AND THE PATIENT SLIPPED AND FELL. THE PATIENT WAS NOT HARMED. WHEN THE CRUTCH WAS EXAMINED BY THE PATIENT'S MOTHER, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CRUTCH DID NOT HAVE A WASHER AT THE END OF THE ALUMINUM TUBING LIKE THE OTHER ONE HAD. THE EMERGENCY DEPT WAS NOTIFIED. THE CRUTCHES IN THE DEPARTMENT WAS CHECKED AND NO OTHER CRUTCH HAD THIS DEFECT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 ADULT BUSH-BUTTON ALUMINUM CRUTCHES CRUTCHES IPR CARDIANL HEALTH * *

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 17 YR NO OTHER THERAPIES| NO OTHER THERAPIES