FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SITTER SELECT

MDR report key: 2010041 · Received March 2, 2011

Report

Report Number
2020362-2011-00049
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 2, 2011
Date of Event
January 25, 2011
Report Date
January 28, 2011
Manufacturer
J. T. POSEY CO.
Product Code
KMI
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4) - THE PRODUCT WAS REQUESTED TO BE RETURNED BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE REPORTER STATED THAT A FEMALE PT WAS AT THEIR FACILITY RECOVERING FROM A PREVIOUS LEFT HIP FRACTURE. THE PT WAS SITTING IN HER CHAIR WITH A SENSOR PAD AND A SITTER SELECT ALARM. THE ALARM HAD BEEN ACTIVELY SOUNDING ALL DAY WHEN SHE WOULD ATTEMPT TO GET UP OUT OF HER CHAIR. THE STAFF WENT IN AND VERIFIED THAT THE ALARM WAS ON AND WAS NOT SET ON HOLD. LATER THAT DAY, THE STAFF WENT IN TO CHECK ON THE PT AND THEY FOUND HER ON THE FLOOR. THE ALARM WAS NOT SOUNDING. THEY TOOK HER FOR A CT SCAN WHICH SHOWED A MINOR OUTER HEMATOMA (BRUISE) ON HER HEAD BUT IT WAS NOT SERIOUS AND SHE IS RECOVERING FINE. THE REPORTER STATED THAT THEY TESTED THE ALARM'S HOLD FUNCTION AFTER THE INCIDENT AND THEY COULDN'T SEEM TO GET IT TO RESET OFF HOLD UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SITTER SELECT KMI J. T. POSEY CO. 8361 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NI CHAIR SENSOR PAD: MODEL UNK, LOT # UNK