FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

BIO GUARD PLUS MATTRESS

MDR report key: 80225 · Received March 27, 1997

Report

Report Number
1034630-1997-00001
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 27, 1997
Date of Event
January 20, 1997
Report Date
January 31, 1997
Manufacturer
BIO CLINIC
Product Code
FNM
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PT, WAS ORDERED UNDER "PROGRESSIVE RESTRAINT" BY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. PT APPARENTLY OBTAINED A BUTANE LIGHTER PRIOR TO BEING RESTRAINED IN BED. HE WAS RESTRAINED BY LEATHER STRAPS ON THE LEFT WRIST AND RIGHT ANKLE. HE WAS OBSERVED, PRIOR TO FIRE, BY A PT ACROSS HALL TRYING TO BURN WRIST RESTRAINT STRAP AND INADVERTENTLY SET PILLOW AND LINENS ON FIRE. PT DIED AND HIS ROOMATE DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION. CA 117 DEFINES THE PERFORMANCE OF MATERIALS USED IN MATTRESSES DESCRIBED AS "FIRE RETARDANT". WHILE THE MATTRESS MAY BE BURNED WHILE SUBJECT TO A FLAME IT WILL SELF-EXTINGUISH WHEN THE FLAME SOURCE IS REMOVED, MATTRESS APPEARED TO HAVE PERFORMED IN THIS MANNER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BIO GUARD PLUS MATTRESS MATTRESS FNM BIO CLINIC 10600 N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Death