Under Recalls and Field Corrections: Devices—Class II, the weekly FDA Enforcement Report of February 11 reports the ongoing recall initiated by Stryker on November 18, 2008, of its medical stair-PRO stair-chair.

The Stryker Medical Division of Stryker Corp, Portage, Mich, recalled 213 chairs distributed nationally and in India, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom because the handle could come off. The bolts may back out over time, resulting in a risk of dropping the patient and/or injury to transport personnel, a delay in medical treatment, or a delay in evacuation.

The recall involves the Stryker medical stair-PRO stair-chair with wheels, patient transport device, model 6251, recall # Z-0648-2009; the Stryker medical stair-PRO stair-chair with wheels and a track system, patient transport device, model 6252, recall # Z-0649-2009; and the Stryker medical stair-PRO evacuation chair civilian use stair chair, patient transport device, model 6253, recall # Z-0650-2009.

Find all the serial numbers in the report online.