title: Hazard report. Loose mounting screws on Cardinal Health Avea ventilator cart may cause cart to tip or collapse.
abstract: If the four mounting screws that connect the support column to the base of certain older Avea ventilator carts loosen, the cart may tip over as a result. The supplier's technical bulletin about this problem was not received by all users. Facilities with affected units should inspect the carts to verify that a thread-locking compound has been applied to the mounting screws, as recommended by the supplier.
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D017751:Safety Management; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical