BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    MULTILIFT 200

    MDR report key: 2343529 · Received November 14, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    3005536958-2011-00003
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    November 14, 2011
    Date of Event
    October 18, 2011
    Report Date
    November 14, 2011
    Manufacturer
    HANDICARE, AB
    Product Code
    FSA
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Distributor report
    Reporter Location
    PA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE PT IS (B)(6). PT'S LEGS ARE BIG AND LEFT LEG ROTATES EXTERNALLY. AFTER PT WAS LIFTED UP IN SIT-TO STAND LIFT, HIS LEG PUSHED THE CORNER OF THE PAD INWARD WHERE HIS SKIN WAS THEN TORN ON THE METAL FRAME OF THE SHIN PAD LACERATING THE SKIN REQUIRING 27 STITCHES. PT'S LEG WAS INJURED DUE TO HIS LEG ROTATING AND BOWING OUTWARDS AND THAT THERE WAS NO FAULT WITH THE LIFT. CO REP INSPECTED LIFT AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH LIFT. REP EXPLAINED THAT THE PT'S LEGS MUST BE CENTERED IN THE SHIN PAD. APPARENT CAUSE OF INJURY WAS DUE TO USER ERROR.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 MULTILIFT 200 PATIENT LIFT FSA HANDICARE, AB MINILIFT 200

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Hospitalization