MAUDE data represents reports of adverse events involving medical devices. This maude entry was filed with the FDA on 2016-01-21 for VANDER LIFT II B450 manufactured by Vancare.
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Employee improperly applied sling to vander lift mechanical lift resulting in resident falling hitting head and dying of complications from head injury on (b)(6) 2016. On (b)(6) 2016 3 nursing assistants were assisting a resident from bath chair to wheel chair when in the process of attaching the sling to the mechanical lift the nursing assistant did not apply the loops on the sling to the lift appropriately and began to lift the resident the sling became unhooked the resident fell and hit her head. She died from complication of her head injuries on (b)(6) 2016. (b)(6).
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: D, B5
| Report Number | MW5059710 |
| MDR Report Key | 5396703 |
| Date Received | 2016-01-21 |
| Date of Report | 2016-01-21 |
| Date of Event | 2016-01-07 |
| Date Added to Maude | 2016-01-28 |
| Event Key | 0 |
| Report Source Code | Voluntary report |
| Manufacturer Link | N |
| Number of Patients in Event | 0 |
| Adverse Event Flag | 3 |
| Product Problem Flag | 3 |
| Reprocessed and Reused Flag | 3 |
| Health Professional | 3 |
| Initial Report to FDA | 3 |
| Report to FDA | 3 |
| Event Location | 3 |
| Single Use | 3 |
| Previous Use Code | 3 |
| Event Type | 3 |
| Type of Report | 0 |
| Brand Name | VANDER LIFT II |
| Generic Name | MECHANICAL LIFT |
| Product Code | FNG |
| Date Received | 2016-01-21 |
| Model Number | B450 |
| Device Availability | Y |
| Device Eval'ed by Mfgr | * |
| Device Sequence No | 1 |
| Device Event Key | 0 |
| Manufacturer | VANCARE |
| Manufacturer Address | AURORA NE 68818 US 68818 |
| Patient Number | Treatment | Outcome | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1. Death | 2016-01-21 |