Events

Recall of Progressa Bed System

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Hill-Rom Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2017-RN-01216-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-09-27
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2017-RN-01216-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Hill-rom australia (welch allyn) has become aware of an issue with the progressa bed in regions where high mains input supply power may cause the fuses on the power supply pc board to open. the fuses on the power supply pc board opening may cause loss of bed functions.The emergency cpr release can still be activated manually to lower the head section to horizontal.
  • Action
    Hill-Rom will be correcting all affected products.

Device

Progressa Bed System
  • Model / Serial
    Progressa Bed SystemModel Number: P7500AProduction/Distribution Dates: October 2013 to April 2017ARTG Numbers: 216681, 221346, 221363
  • Manufacturer
    Hill-Rom Pty Ltd

Manufacturer

Hill-Rom Pty Ltd