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MANY HARD CRIB MATTRESSES WERE FOUND TO HAVE LARGE, HARD LUMPS IN THEM. ISSUE WAS FOUND ON CRIBS IN STORAGE. BIOMED CUT OPEN A MATTRESS AND FOUND THAT THE INNER BLUE FIRE RESISTANT LAYER WAS DETACHING FROM THE MATTRESS AND BUNCHING UP TOWARDS FOOT OF CRIB. ISSUE FOUND ON ~50% OF THE HARD CRIBS (~35 TOTAL CRIBS HAD THIS SAME MATTRESS ISSUE). WE ARE CONCERNED THIS COULD CREATE A PATIENT SAFETY ISSUE IF PATIENT CANNOT STAY POSITIONED AS INTENDED DUE TO THE LUMP IN MATTRESS. MATTRESSES WERE MANUFACTURED IN LATE [DATE REDACTED], THEY ARE [AGE REDACTED]. CRIBS WERE PURCHASED AND INSTALLED AT SITE IN [DATE REDACTED]. BIOMED REPLACED MATTRESSES ON CRIBS THAT HAD THIS ISSUE; ESCALATED TO HARD MFG BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR CRIB, (BRAND NOT PROVIDED) (PER SITE REPORTER). REPORTED ISSUE TO MANUFACTURER ON DAY IT WAS FOUND, HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW UP EMAILS. BIOMED HAS ORDERED AND RECEIVED REPLACEMENT MATTRESSES IN THE INTERIM.