FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TOSHIBA

MDR report key: 2714870 · Received February 3, 2012

Report

Report Number
2020563-2012-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 3, 2012
Date of Event
December 16, 2011
Report Date
January 5, 2012
Manufacturer
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Product Code
JAK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PT WAS ON THE COUCH HEAD FIRST AND SUPINE WITH ARMS DOWN BY THE SIDE AND HANDS ON CHEST. AS THE PT WAS BEING SENT INTO THE GANTRY, THE ARM WAS PINCHED BY THE MOVING COUCH TOP BETWEEN THE COUCH TOP AND COUCH. THE VINYL COVERING FOR THE COUCH TOP THAT SLIPS OVER THE COUCH TOP PAD DID NOT COVER THE GAP BETWEEN THE COUCH TOP AND THE COUCH. THERE WAS A SHEET UNDER THE PT, BUT IT WAS NOT COVERING THE ENTIRE COUCH TOP. THE PT WAS ONLY PINCHED. THERE WAS NO BREAKING OF THE SKIN OR NEED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AS A PT WAS BEING SENT INTO THE GANTRY, THE PT'S ARM WAS PINCHED BY THE MOVING COUCH TOP BETWEEN THE COUCH TOP AND THE COUCH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TOSHIBA COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM JAK TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION TSX-101A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other