BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    TRANSLIFT SLING LIFT

    MDR report key: 494899 · Received November 10, 2003

    Report

    Report Number
    1045510-2003-00027
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    November 10, 2003
    Date of Event
    October 9, 2003
    Report Date
    November 7, 2003
    Manufacturer
    HILL-ROM MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Product Code
    FSA
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    INVALID DATA

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    CAREGIVER ALLEGED THAT THEY HURT THEIR BACK (LUMBAR STRAIN) WHEN THE PATIENT LIFT STARTED TO TIP, AND THEY GRABBED THE PATIENT. THE LEGS OF THE LIFT SPREAD TO PREVENT TIPPING, BUT WERE NOT SPREAD (CONTRARY TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE) AT THE TIME OF INJURY. MANUFACTURER'S EXAMINATION OF DEVICE INDICATED LEG SPREADING MECHANISM HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO MODIFICATION BY CONSIGNEE. A TIE ROD HAD BEEN REMOVED, MAKING THE LEG SPREADING MECHANISM INOPERABLE. CONSIGNEE DECLINED REPAIR BY MANUFACTURER, BUT ACCEPTED MISSING TIE ROD.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 TRANSLIFT SLING LIFT PATIENT LIFT, NON-AC POWERED FSA HILL-ROM MANUFACTURING, INC. P443 *

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 * Required Intervention