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HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN warned about the safety of patient trolleys today after a number of complaints have been made.
The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) today issued a safety notice outlining that it is aware of complaints made by an Irish hospital regarding the Tautmann UT10 patient trolley.
The HPRA received complaints relating to the deviations in the pistons of the trolley, which can result in the trolley dropping into the Trendelenburg position without warning.
The Trendelenburg position is when the body is laid flat on the back with the feet higher than the head by 15 to 30 degrees.
The manufacturer of these devices, Tautmann, ceased trading in 2014, according to the HPRA.
Healthcare professionals are being advised to check their inventory of devices to see if they have any of these trolleys.
“The HPRA is issuing this communication as we do not have oversight of the distribution of these devices,” it said in its safety notice.
HPRA did not specify which hospital made the complaints and the HSE could not confirm if it impacted any of the facilities it runs.
If organisations have these trolleys in their possession, they are being asked to contact the HPRA on 01-6764971 or devicesafety@hpra.ie.
The Health Products Regulatory Authority has been contacted for comment.
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So the original Americans are Russians. Trump finally vindicated. Those he’s accused of colluding with are his own people.
@Féach News: What Russian ever affect hat election… Trump seems now to be an eejit chosen to get Hillary elected but it backfired because people hated Hillary.
@Alois Irlmaier: I agree that more choice of candidates would have been better. Actually people didn’t “hate” her. Most of them voted for her as a candidate, after all. It’s a mistake to subscribe to any personality cult. US voters mainly chose between the Republican and the Democrat candidates. Between political parties. They really didn’t support a particular individual, or a vice-candidate, but the party’s general policies.
Basically we are all kerrymen
@Eugene Walsh: Even the Vikings lol.
@Eugene Walsh: Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.
@Eugene Walsh: what a fu*kin depressing thought
@Billy McNamara: Tom , well at long last
Nooooooooooooooooo …. .. …
@Alois Irlmaier: 8)
@Eugene Walsh: except the Healy-Raes – Corkmen.
Interesting
There’s very little dna history of native Americans so anything like this is subject to interpretation.
@OU812: There’s a lot of information in one person’s DNA.
I seem to remember seeing a documentary showing that Australian Aboriginal settlements were found in America dating back to 50,000 years ago. Must see if it’s on YouTube.
@Alan De Morrighan: think that was more South America. DNA from tribes in Amazon matching aboriginal DNA . Still pretty cool tho
Great article really interesting. And shows that we were all immigrants at some stage.
I don’t hate trump or Hillary but I would like neither to be the president of the USA but it is really is no business of mine
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