FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

Affinity Four Birthing Bed P3700 Product Usage: The Affinity, Four Birthing Bed is intended to be used as birthing beds for women of child bearing age in an LDR (Labor, Delivery, Recovery ) or LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum) setting within the acute care Labor and Delivery market. They are not intended for use as general hospital beds.

Recall: Z-2082-2012 · Reported August 1, 2012

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-2082-2012
Event ID
62453
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Hill-Rom, Inc.
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
August 1, 2012
Initiation Date
April 2, 2012
Classification Date
July 26, 2012
Termination Date
July 21, 2015
Address
1069 State Route 46 East, Batesville, IN, 47006-7520, United States

Description

Affinity Four Birthing Bed P3700 Product Usage: The Affinity, Four Birthing Bed is intended to be used as birthing beds for women of child bearing age in an LDR (Labor, Delivery, Recovery ) or LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum) setting within the acute care Labor and Delivery market. They are not intended for use as general hospital beds.

Reason

During review of our last braking system via that field corrective action, the system still did not meet our expectations, which is to eliminate the hazards of patient falling. Bed movement immediately prior to, or during the birthing process may still create distractions and delays, resulting in patient or caregiver falls, or contribute to a deviation in a procedure, (e.g. IV insertion, epidural

Code Info

Affinity Four Birthing Beds (P3700) manufactured with Serial Numbers H331AA4785 thru N081AA7966

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and countries including: Argentina , Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela and Vietnam

Quantity

12,726 devices