GH3

Description of Event or Problem

PATIENT WAS INITIALLY POSITIONED WITH LIFT SLING UNDERNEATH PATIENT AND THEN PATIENT WAS CONNECTED TO OVERHEAD LIFT VIA STRAPS ON SLING. ALL STRAPS WERE IN POSITION AND IN SECURED AREAS FOR THE STRAPS. NEXT LIFT WAS ACTIVATED/ELEVATED AND PATIENT WAS ELEVATED ~2 INCHES ABOVE BED TO ENSURE PROPER PLACEMENT OF SLING. WHILE LOOKING FOR CORRECT FIT, SLING STRAP CAME OUT OF SECURED AREA ON OVERHEAD LIFT. PATIENT REMAINED CONTAINED IN SLING AND THEN IMMEDIATELY LOWERED BACK DOWN ONTO BED TO HAVE SLING REPOSITIONED AND CONNECTED TO LIFT.