FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

HOYER POWER LIFT

MDR report key: 3536673 · Received October 28, 2013

Report

Report Number
3009525805-2013-00053
Event Type
Other
Date Received
October 28, 2013
Date of Event
October 16, 2013
Report Date
October 25, 2013
Manufacturer
JOERNS HEALTHCARE
Product Code
FNG
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER BY THE FACILITY (B)(6), PER THE FACILITY THE RESIDENT WAS IN THE SLING THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE LIFT. SHE WAS BEING MOVED FROM A CHAIR TO THE BED. THE RESIDENT WAS SUSPENDED IN THE AIR, THE SCALE CRACKED AND THE RESIDENT BEGAN TO FALL TO THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO CATCH THE RESIDENT BEFORE SHE LANDED ON THE FLOOR. THE RESIDENT WAS ASSESSED AT THAT TIME FOR INJURIES AND NO INJURIES WERE FOUND. PICTURES OF THE LIFT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT WERE SENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF PATIENT HANDLING AT JOERNS, WHOM STATED THAT THE SCALE WAS ATTACHED TO THE BOOM BACKWARDS. COMPLAINT NUMBER (B)(4) WERE ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM TO RETRIEVE THE LIFT FOR EVALUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
552840 HOYER POWER LIFT PATIENT LIFTER FNG JOERNS HEALTHCARE HPL700

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR