FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

ADVANTA WEIGH BED

MDR report key: 504151 · Received January 5, 2004

Report

Report Number
504151
Event Type
Other
Date Received
January 5, 2004
Date of Event
July 1, 2003
Report Date
September 1, 2003
Manufacturer
HILLROM COMPANY, INC.
Product Code
FNJ
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PATIENT FELL OUT OF A HILL-ROM ADVANTA BED AND THE BED EXIT ALARM DID NOT SOUND. THE INITIAL INSPECTION BY THE BIOMEDICAL TECHNICIAN FOUND THE BED EXIT ALARM WAS NOT SET. THE BED EXIT ALARM AND THE NURSE CALL TESTED FINE WHEN THE BED EXIT MODE WAS SET CORRECTLY. THE NURSE STATED THAT THE BED AND NURSE CALL ALARMED EARLIER THAT DAY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NURSE DID NOT RESET THE ALARM AFTER IT HAD BEEN SILENCED. TO TURN THE BED EXIT ON, THE OPERATOR MUST SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESS THE "LOCK" AND THE "MODE" KEY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ADVANTA WEIGH BED BED FNJ HILLROM COMPANY, INC. P1600A6037 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Other