Events

Recall of VERSACARE

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
    82473
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-11-21
  • 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
    Hill-rom discovered that there were cases of malfunction being reported for the versacare series beds. users were indicating that after powering down and powering up the bed they noticed that all functions ceased to operate. therefore the product fails to meet its performance claim.

Device

VERSACARE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: P3200 (Lot serial: n/a)
  • Product Description
    VERSACARE P3200
  • Manufacturer
    HILL-ROM CANADA LTD.

Manufacturer

HILL-ROM CANADA LTD.