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Model Number P1190A |
Device Problems
Material Disintegration (1177); Unintended Movement (3026)
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Patient Problem
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Date 05/05/2017 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Event Description
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This did not involve a patient or patient care.During preventative maintenance by the clinical engineering dept, technicians noticed a trend in a plastic bushing disintegrating.The hospital has 170 of these beds and since scrutinizing these, nine have been sequestered.Note: not all beds have been inspected- just a small sampling.One bed was repaired before this trend was noted.Technicians were not sure this would be a hazard for patients.The area where failure is occurring would be the knee/foot section of the bed.Due to the failure there is a significant amount of movement (side play) at the knee/foot section.Hill-rom representative came on site to look at the beds and since they do not have any alert/recall regarding these issues and the beds are no longer under warranty, it would be up to the hospital to repair.Technicians suggest reporting this possible/probable defect.Manufacturer response for advanta 2 hill-rom hospital bed, hill rom advanta 2 (per site reporter).Per the technician, hill rom stated there was no recall/alert regarding this issue and the beds are no longer under warranty.
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Event Description
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This did not involve a patient or patient care.During preventative maintenance by the clinical engineering dept, technicians noticed a trend in a plastic bushing disintegrating.The hospital has 170 of these beds and since scrutinizing these, nine have been sequestered.Note: not all beds have been inspected- just a small sampling.One bed was repaired before this trend was noted.Technicians were not sure this would be a hazard for patients.The area where failure is occurring would be the knee/foot section of the bed.Due to the failure there is a significant amount of movement (side play) at the knee/foot section.Hill-rom representative came on site to look at the beds and since they do not have any alert/recall regarding these issues and the beds are no longer under warranty, it would be up to the hospital to repair.Technicians suggest reporting this possible/probable defect.Manufacturer response for advanta 2 hill-rom hosptial bed, hill rom advanta 2 (per site reporter): per the technician, hill rom stated there was no recall/alert regarding this issue and the beds are no longer under warranty.
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