AliMed Corporation Recalls
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Alimed Gait Belt (Transfer Aid), Antimicrobial Plastic buckle, 54" Model: 72108
Misassembled gait (transfer aid) belt.
Alimed notified accounts via U.S. Postal Service (Return Receipt Requested) with a Recall Notice dated 10/30/2008 and instructs users to review their records and notify all users to whom the product may have been issued. If any of the product has been issued outside of their facility, customers are to forward the correspondence to them in it's entirety. Customers are to complete the enclosed form for return of their product (new or used) and the issuance of replacement product or credit.
Product is a pull cord type monitor, bed patient alarm used to detect patient/resident movement. An adjustable cord is attached to both the alarm and the patient. When the patient moves beyond the length of the cord the pin is pulled and the alarm activated.
Alimed became aware of issue via internal receiving inspection activities on 1/20/09. Firm states that subsequent to this observation, Customer Dissatisfaction inquiry #100192 was generated on 1/22/10. A single unit was received back by AliMed and 0 n/2/1/20 from a rehabilitation center that indicated that it had received a unit and it did not function upon its initial use. Failure of the alarm
Letter sent to customers stating that some units may have been subjected to excessive heat during the manufacturing process causing internal distortion to a key alarm component. The letter also request that the Health Care professional review records and notify all users to whom the product may have been issued and if any product has been issued outside of their facility, to forward this correspondence to them. Firm has enclosed a form for return of the product and issuance of a new product. For questions, please contact the firm using the information provided in the letter.