BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    MEDLINE

    MDR report key: 1657867 · Received April 7, 2010

    Report

    Report Number
    MW5015504
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 7, 2010
    Date of Event
    August 28, 2009
    Report Date
    April 7, 2010
    Manufacturer
    MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Product Code
    IOR
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    RISK MANAGER

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE HEALTH UNIT CO-ORDINATOR GOT A BARIATRIC WHEELCHAIR TO TRANSFER THE PT TO THE UNIT. HE STOOD BEHIND THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR WAS SLIGHTLY RAISED, THE PT SAT DOWN AND HER FINGERS WERE IN THE GROOVES OF THE SEAT, THEY GOT CAUGHT AND CUT HER FINGER. THE PT SUFFERED A LEFT RING FINGER DISTAL PHALANGE FRACTURE AND A 8MM LACERATION WAS SUTURED ON DISTAL VOLAR SURFACE AND SUTURES TO THE RING FINGER. HER HAND WAS PLACED IN A SPLINT AND ELEVATED, ICE WAS APPLIED. ORTHO SAW HER AND THE FLEXION IS INTACT, PULSES PRESENT, SENSORY INTACT TO DISTAL NERVES, NO HEMATOMA AND NO SURGICAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED. SHE IS TO REMAIN IN THE SPLINT FOR 2 WEEKS AND WILL RECEIVE ANTIBIOTICS FOR 5-7 DAYS. SHE WAS SEEN IN THE CLINIC AS AN OUTPATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 MEDLINE BARIATRIC WHEELCHAIR IOR MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC. UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 51 YR Disability