Agency classClass IOur severity:Severe FDA (Devices)·Z-2031-2025·Announced 2025-07-16

Hillrom Q-Link 13 patient lift components may falsely latch and detach

The Hillrom Q-Link 13 component used with mobile patient lifts is being recalled because it may allow false latching of the quick-release hook. 9,899 units are affected.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Devices): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: FDA Class I recall, which the rubric floors at Severe; no injury is reported in the source, so it does not escalate to Critical.

Plain-English summary

The Hillrom Q-Link 13 component, product code 3156509, used with the Uno 102 EE, Viking L, Viking XL and other mobile patient lifts listed in the recall notice, is being recalled. The action covers 9,899 units and applies to all Q-link 13 components manufactured between 8/27/2013 and 2/27/2025.

According to the manufacturer, the Q-link 13 could allow for an improper attachment, or false latching, of the quick-release hook used on sling bars and other accessories. This could result in a critical injury from a patient fall, as the falsely latched component may initially bear weight but can loosen from the Q-link, resulting in detachment and a drop. The FDA classified the action as Class I, its most serious classification.

Distribution was worldwide. The components are supplied to healthcare facilities rather than sold to consumers.

Facilities should identify affected stock using the product codes, UDI codes and manufacturing date range above and follow the instructions issued by the manufacturer.

The recalled product

Product: Hillrom Q-Link 13 component, Product Code 3156509, used with the following Mobile Patient Lifts: 1) Uno 102 EE Mobile lift - Product Code 2010004; 2) Viking L Mobile lift - Product Code 2040044; 3) Viking XL Mobile lift - Product Code 2040043; 4) Viking M Mobile lift…
Manufacturer: Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Category: Medical Device — Patient lift component
Hazard: false-latching
patient-fall
quick-release-hook
detachment
class-i
Affected units: 9,899

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (12)

UDI/DI 00887761981775
2) Product Code 2040044
UDI/DI 00887761981867
3) Product Code 2040043
UDI/DI 00887761981850
4) Product Code 2040045A
UDI/DI 00887761943193
5) Product Code 2040006
UDI/DI N/A
6) Product Code 2040007
7) Product Code 2030001
UDI/DI N/A. .

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 2 recalled by Baxter Healthcare Corporation under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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