Events

Recall of TOTAL CARE P1900 WITH SCALE

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
    79062
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2010-12-07
  • 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
    A patient who was on a totalcare bed was medicated for a weight of 53kg when in fact the actual weight of the patient was 73kg. the patient expired the nxt day and it is inconclusive as to whether the scale was the contributing factor.

Device

TOTAL CARE P1900 WITH SCALE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: P1900 (Lot serial: J079AM6657 THROUGH J163AM8107); Model Catalog: (Lot serial: J079AM6657 THROUGH J163AM8107)
  • Product Description
    TOTAL CARE P1900 WITH SCALE
  • Manufacturer
    HILL-ROM CANADA LTD.

Manufacturer

HILL-ROM CANADA LTD.