HILL ROM

Description of Event or Problem

MALE PATIENT, 84 YEARS OF AGE, RECEIVED SMALL CUT ON LATERAL SIDE OF 4TH FINGER AS A RESULT OF CONTACT WITH AN OVER BED TABLE MECHANISM (TABLE ASSET #05242). TABLE SLIDE, HILL ROM PART #624-631 WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE SHARP END AND EDGES, WHICH APPARENTLY INFLICTED THE INJURY, WOULD WAS TREATED WITH ANTI-SEPTIC AND COVERED, PHYSICIAN WAS NOTIFIED AND NO FURTHER TREATMENT OR FOLLOW-UP WAS RECOMMENDED. OVER-BED TABLE WAS TAGGED AND SENT TO MAINTENANCE FOR REPAIR. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANSREPORTED FILING SEVERAL SHARP EDGES OFF SLIDE MECHANISMS.INVALID DATA - REGARDING SINGLE USE LABELING OF DEVICE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: UNKNOWN. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: VISUAL EXAMINATION. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: MANUFACTURING. CONCLUSION: NONE OR UNKNOWN. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: INVALID DATA. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF STATUS.