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MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program The FDA notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of Faaborg battery operated patient lifts distributed by Moving Solutions, Inc., of Downers Grove, Ill., because of a faulty design. Excessive wear of the main bolt, which secures the lift arm to the main frame of the patient lift, will cause the bolt to break which will cause the patient to fall and could result in serious injury, even death. FDA has received one report of death related to the failure of the bolt. Facilities should stop using these lifts until the problem is corrected. Read the MedWatch 2004 safety summary, including links to the FDA recall notice and press release, at: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2004/safety04.htm#lifts -------- Thank you for using MedWatch as a trusted source for timely safety information on drugs and other medical products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If you find this e-mail notification helpful, please consider telling colleagues and friends about MedWatch. They can learn more about us and subscribe/unsubscribe to the e-list at the MedWatch homepage, http://www.fda.gov/medwatch or by going directly to http://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=medwatch&A=1 This is an automated message delivery system -- replying to this message will not reach MedWatch staff. If you have comments or questions about MedWatch or this e-mail, please contact us through our comments & feedback web page, http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/feedback.htm -- TTFN~ Anastasia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn