Events

Recall of STANDARD SLINGBAR 450

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by HILL-ROM CANADA 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
    83019
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-04-09
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    There have been 6 complaints of injury related to the product over the past 32 years (6 out of 838687856 estimated patient uses). one of the injuries was associated with a patient during use four injuries occurred when the slingbar was not in use where someone tripped and fell onto the unit and one where a child was playing on a lift and was injured when they tried to jump from the lift.

Device

STANDARD SLINGBAR 450
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 3156007); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 20090029); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 20190024); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 20190041); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 31190015); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 31290017); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 31290043); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 3156001); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 3156003); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 3156014); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 3156016); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 31590043); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 5019013)
  • Product Description
    STANDARD SLINGBAR 450
  • Manufacturer
    HILL-ROM CANADA LTD.

Manufacturer

HILL-ROM CANADA LTD.