FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LIGHTSPEED LS QXI

MDR report key: 732138 · Received July 6, 2006

Report

Report Number
2126677-2006-00013
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 6, 2006
Date of Event
June 4, 2006
Report Date
July 6, 2006
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
Product Code
JAK
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE NURSING STAFF STATED THAT THEY TRIED TO PRESS THE GANTRY E-STOP BUTTONS, BUT TABLE MOTION DID NOT HALT. A GE SERVICE REP PERFORMED AN ON SITE EVAL. THE SYSTEM AND E-STOP WERE FOUND TO BE OPERATING TO SPEC. PROBLEMS WITH THE E-STOP COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT NURSING STAFF WERE IN THE CT ROOM DURING A PT CODE. NO TRAINED CT PERSONNEL WERE IN THE ROOM AT THAT TIME. A NURSE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED ON THE CT TABLE UP FOOT PEDAL CAUSING ANOTHER NURSE, STANDING BY THE GENTRY END OF THE TABLE, TO BE PUSHED UP AND THROUGH THE CT GENTRY BORE. INJURIES THAT INCLUDED ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO THE TORSO AREA ALONG WITH UPPER LUMBAR ACHING. NO OTHER SERIOUS INJURY WAS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIGHTSPEED LS QXI CT JAK GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC 2180482 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 49 YR