Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Total Care bed

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Hill-Rom, Inc..

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    57944
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1565-2011
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2011-02-21
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2011-03-07
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-08-06
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Bed, ac-powered adjustable hospital - Product Code FNL
  • Causa
    Hill-rom has become aware of a potential issue with some totalcare¿ and versacare¿ beds equipped with the integrated p500 microclimate management (mcm) therapy surface, and with the versacare¿ p500 mcm surface upgrade. because of an unauthorized vendor part modification, it is possible that the mcm blower may not perform as originally designed. given this modification, the mcm blower may experi.
  • Acción
    Hill-Rom sent an "IMPORTANT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" notice dated February 21, 2011, to Facility Risk Manager/Facility Administrators. The letter states that because of an unauthorized vendor part modification, it is possible that the MCM blower may not perform as originally designed. Given this modification, the MCM blower may experience the following: delayed start, slow running, or failure to operate.This issue does not pose a hazard to patients as long as normal patient monitoring is in effect in relation to managing skin temperature and moisture. Customers were instructed to continue to use the product as they normally would. The mattress system would provide an alarm in the event the MCM blower does not operate properly. A Hill-Rom representative would be contacting their facility to make arrangements for correcting the affected MCM blowers. If customers had any questions concerning this request or the procedure as outlined, they were instructed to contact Hill-Rom Technical Support at 800-445-3720. For questions regarding this recall call 812-934-7777.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    no code.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, and WI, and the countries of ARUBA, AUSTRIA, CANADA, FRANCE, GERMANY, LEBANON, PORTUGAL and SAUDI ARABIA
  • Descripción del producto
    VersaCare P500 Microclimate Management Surface Upgrade Kits P3218A and P3219A Hill-rom Batesville, IN. || The TotalCare¿ Bed Systems is intended to provide a patient support ideally suited to be used in health care environments. The TotalCare¿ Bed System may be used in a variety of settings including, but not limited to, acute care, including critical care, step down/progressive care, medical/surgical, high acuity sub-acute care, post anesthesia care unit (PACU), and sections of the emergency department (ED). The TotalCare¿ Bed System is capable of being used with a broad patient population as determined appropriate by the caregiver or institution
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Hill-Rom, Inc., 125 E Pearl St, 1069 State Route 46 East, Batesville IN 47006
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA