Stretcher, Hand-Carried
Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.
OpenFDA device adverse-event casebook.
FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §880.6900 (General Hospital panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Stretcher, Hand-Carried LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#624 of 1000 · 1,212 reports · 1993–2026
- BOOK 1,212 reports
- RANK #624 of 1000
- DEATH 0 death-typed
- INJ 49 injury-typed
- MALF 1,142 malfunction
- SPAN 1993–2026
- PEAK 2013: 202
- PHOTO Lithotriptor
Nearest event-volume peer: Lithotriptor, Ultrasonic (1 report gap)
Stretcher, Hand-Carried sits #624 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,212 MAUDE reports spanning 1993–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →
Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm
Stretcher, Hand-Carried carries 94.2% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 29.4pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
- INJ 4.0% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-26.2 pp)
- MALF 94.2% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+29.4 pp)
Lead product-problem code Break is 24% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO accounts for 84% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 63% of location-tagged rows .
Stretcher, Hand-Carried in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Accessories
Accessories, Blood Circuit, Hemodialysis
1,220 reports
- Hemodialyzer
Hemodialyzer, Re-Use, High Flux
1,219 reports
- System
System, X-Ray, Stationary
1,218 reports
- Lithotriptor
Lithotriptor, Ultrasonic
1,213 reports
- Surgical Film
Surgical Film
1,213 reports
- Stretcher (this)
Stretcher, Hand-Carried
1,212 reports
What this shows Stretcher, Hand-Carried carries 1,212 MAUDE reports, ranked #624 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Top Product Problems
Yearly Trend
Reports rose to 54 in 2025, up from an average of 34 in the two years before - a recent-year increase, not a lifetime pattern.
Related Entities for Stretcher, Hand-Carried
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint
Stretcher, Hand-Carried carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (1,212 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Stretcher, Hand-Carried are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.
Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Stretcher, Hand-Carried; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.