It has been reported to philips that during an interventional procedure the operator injured his fingers as they got jammed while moving the table.The two fingers got cuts, bleeding, severe pain and swelling for days.Philips has started an investigation of this complaint.
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Addt narrative: philips investigated this complaint.According to the information collected, the operator grabbed the longitudinal rail while moving the tabletop to guide the movement.The fingers of the operator became entrapped in the longitudinal guiding profile of the table during this movement resulting in injury to two fingers.The injury was treated with bandage.The instructions for use of the system (9897 100 04241, page 2-17) include a warning regarding access to the longitudinal guiding profiles of the table: ¿personnel should be aware that it is possible to access the longitudinal guiding profiles from underneath the tabletop.Serious injury may result if any part(s) of the personnel present become trapped in the longitudinal guiding profiles¿.There was no malfunction of the system.Corrected data: patient information has been updated in the initial report outcomes attributed to the ae was mistakenly classified "required intervention".Treatment with bandage is not classified as a treatment that will prevent permanent damage to a body structure, therefore the selection has been updated to "other".Updated the patient outcome codes, evaluation result code, component code and conclusion code as per the outcome of the investigation.
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