A facility reported the dermatome malfunctioned in its first use.The patient was prepped, the recipient site was debrided, graft site was identified (thigh to ankle) and prepared, dermatome was tested and did not function.Non sterile dermatome and cable were collected.The cable was draped and passed to the field and hooked to the sterile handpiece and still did not function.Patient was recovered, alternate handpiece and cable were sterilized, procedure was rescheduled later that afternoon (2 hours later).
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