FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MANUAL HOSPITAL BED W/ SIDE RAIL

MDR report key: 2655048 · Received July 5, 2012

Report

Report Number
2182305-2012-00024
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 5, 2012
Date of Event
May 15, 2012
Report Date
June 22, 2012
Manufacturer
JOERNS HEALTHCARE
Product Code
FNJ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO MFR SALES REP BY FACILITY, FACILITY STATES A RESIDENT WAS IN BED AND WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF BED SUPPORTED BY A SIDE RAIL WHEN THE RETAINING CLIP BROKE ON THE FULL LENGTH SIDE RAIL [F16] AND SHE FELL TO THE FLOOR. RESIDENT WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR LYING ON TOP OF THE SIDE RAIL. THE RESIDENT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, SCAN WAS DONE WHICH REVEALED RESIDENT SUSTAINED A BROKEN HIP, THE HOSPITAL DETERMINED SHE WAS TOO FRAIL TO RECEIVE ANESTHESIA; NO SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AND SHE PASSED AWAY IN THE HOSPITAL THEREAFTER. PER THE SALES REP, "WHEN HE SPOKE WITH THE C.N.A. AND (B)(6) THEY SUPPORT THAT THIS RESIDENT IS A FALL RISK, WANDERS, AND HAS A HISTORY OF CLOSE CALL FALLS." WHEN DEALING WITH THIS CALL, THE FACILITY INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD AN EARLIER SIMILAR INCIDENT WITH A DIFFERENT RESIDENT WHICH WILL BE REPORTED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MANUAL HOSPITAL BED W/ SIDE RAIL BED W/ FULL LENGTH SIDE RAIL FNJ JOERNS HEALTHCARE B784 W/ F16

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Death