OtherIXY
SINGLE HEAD GENESYS
Received Aug 16, 1999 · Event occurred Jan 14, 1999
Report 2916556-1999-00131 · MDR key 236463
Device
Generic name
Nuclear Medicine Equipment
Manufacturer
Adac LaboratoriesModel number
2129-3011ACatalog number
NA
Lot number
NA
Product problems
- Unintended Collision
- Use of Device Problem
Patient
*
- Injury
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
AS PART OF A BONE SCAN, STATIC VIEWS OF THE PT'S FEET WERE TAKEN. THE TECHNOLOGIST HAD PERFORMED THE STUDY HAD LOWERED THE CAMERA DOWN OVER THE FEET OF THE PT AND HAD UNINTENTIONALLY TOUCHED THE PT'S FEET WITH THE COLLIMATOR. THE EMERGENCY STOP LIT AND INDICATED A COLLISION. NO PT INJURY WAS REPORTED AT THE TIME, BUT THE PT NOW IS COMPLAINING OF PERMANENT INJURY TO HIS FEET, AND IS ATTRIBUTING THIS INJURY TO THE BONE SCANNING PROCEDURE HE UNDERWENT IN JANUARY.
Remedial action
- Other