FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 18659007 · Received February 7, 2024

Report

Report Number
18659007
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 7, 2024
Date of Event
December 1, 2023
Report Date
December 7, 2023
Manufacturer
QFIX
Product Code
JAI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
AZ
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PATIENT CAME DOWN FROM INPATIENT TO RADIATION CLINIC FOR RADIATION TREATMENT. PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO TREATMENT TABLE VIA SLIDE BOARD BY TWO RADIATION THERAPISTS AND ONE REGISTERED NURSE (RN). WHILE PATIENT WAS BEING PLACED IN POSITION ON TABLE, HE VERBALIZED THE NEED TO VOMIT. RN TURNED TO GRAB EMESIS BAG FROM DRAWER. WHILE TURNED, RN HEARD THE RADIATION THERAPIST SAY, "GUYS I NEED SOME HELP." RN QUICKLY TURNED AROUND TO FIND THE PATIENT AND HALF OF THE TREATMENT TABLE ON THE FLOOR. RADIATION THERAPIST WITNESSED THE PATIENT TURNING TO THE RIGHT ON TREATMENT TABLE WHICH THEN UNLATCHED HALF OF THE TREATMENT TABLE CAUSING IT TO SLIDE OFF. RADIATION THERAPIST ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE PATIENT BEFORE HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. TWO RNS AND TWO RADIATION THERAPISTS THEN HELPED THE PATIENT UP OFF THE FLOOR. UPON ASSESSMENT, PATIENT VERBALIZED PAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD BUT WAS UNABLE TO GIVE A NUMERICAL NUMBER FOR HIS PAIN. ON-SITE PROVIDER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE EVENT AS WELL AS INPATIENT RN AND HOSPITALIST. HOUSE SUPERVISOR ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE EVENT. RAPID RESPONSE WAS CALLED. PATIENT WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO IMAGING FOR STAT CT HEAD SCAN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1792947 KVUE¿ COUCH, RADIATION THERAPY, POWERED JAI QFIX RT-4551KVCL-V

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR Male Other