Recall Z-0201-06 ยท FPO Stretcher, Wheeled
Ferno-Washington Inc
PROFlex Transporter, Model numbers 35PST. The catalog number for the model 35PST is PT3565.
| Date | Nov 26, 2005 (initiated Mar 28, 2003) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | The firm received complaints of the stretchers folding. A fold is when the stretcher lowers on its own to either the next position, or any of the other seven postions of the stretcher. |
| Root cause | Other |
| Action | The firm went out to customers who had complained of a 'fold' and installed the kit on the stretcher that had experienced the fold and on all other PROflexx stretchers owned by the customer. These customers had received a recall letter, dated March 28, 2003. For customers that had not complained of the stretchers 'folding', the firm sent a letter dated June 24, 2003, to all distributors requesting the distributor provide the firm with a list of customers that had received the PROflex stretchers. Once the firm had a list of all customers, they sent them a letter offering them the kit as an enha |
| Quantity | 2188 total stretchers |
| Distribution | The product was distributed nationwide to 27 states: TN, MA, VT, IL, KY, NY, SC, WI, TX, MO, NH, CO, GA, NC, CA, VA, IA, PA, CT, OH, NJ, ID, WV, AL, AR, ME and IN. |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K862441 | EZ LOAD MODEL 30, ALL LEVEL COT Ferno-Washington, Inc., Sep 12, 1986 |