INFINITY DOCKING STATION (IDS)
Received Oct 11, 2006 · Event occurred Oct 3, 2006
Report 1220063-2006-00023 · MDR key 769296
Device
Generic name
Patient Monitor Docking Station (power/com)
Manufacturer
Draeger Medical SystemsModel number
7265338Catalog number
7265338E53U
Lot number
S/N 5465808857
Product problems
- Device Tipped Over
Patient
NA
- Bruise/Contusion
- Sprain
- Therapy/non-surgical treatment, additional
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE NURSE HAD PRESSED THE NBP START/STOP ON THE DRAEGER MEDICAL SYSTEMS DELTA MONITOR, THE MONITOR TIPPED AND THE MONITOR FELL FROM THE INFINITY DOCKING STATION (IDS) UNIT. THE ATTENDING NURSE PUT HER LEFT ARM UP SO THAT THE MONITOR WOULD NOT HIT THE PATIENT. THE MONITOR HIT THE NURSE RESULTING IN SOME TOPICAL BRUISING AND A SLIGHT SPRAIN TO THE WRIST. THE NURSE WAS TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, THE WRIST WAS WRAPPED AND SHE WAS RELEASED. THE NURSE HAS RETURNED TO WORK.