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Event 62453

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 02, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Hill-Rom, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Affinity Four Birthing Bed P3700 Product Usage: The Affinity, Four Birthing Bed is intended to be used as birthing beds for women of child bearing age in an LDR (Labor, Delivery, Recovery ) or LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum) setting within the acute care Labor and Delivery market. They are not intended for use as general hospital beds.

Z-2082-2012
Recall number
Z-2082-2012
Initiated
April 02, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Hill-Rom, Inc.
Quantity
12,726 devices

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
During review of our last braking system via that field corrective action, the system still did not meet our expectations, which is to eliminate the hazards of patient falling. Bed movement immediately prior to, or during the birthing process may still create distractions and delays, resulting in patient or caregiver falls, or contribute to a deviation in a procedure, (e.g. IV insertion, epidural

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Reason for recall

During review of our last braking system via that field corrective action, the system still did not meet our expectations, which is to eliminate the hazards of patient falling. Bed movement immediately prior to, or during the birthing process may still create distractions and delays, resulting in patient or caregiver falls, or contribute to a deviation in a procedure, (e.g. IV insertion, epidural

Code information

Affinity Four Birthing Beds (P3700) manufactured with Serial Numbers H331AA4785 thru N081AA7966

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and countries including: Argentina , Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela and Vietnam