Adhesive from cardiac sensor attached to chest caused serious skin breakdown, with skin erosion, pieces of skin pulling off, with pus and three spots under the sensor.The product was the adhesive patch lot # u210184 by (b)(4).The product, as designed, requires that the monitoring sensor be attached to the chest in a specific location using a provided template the precisely locates the spot on the chest where it must be attached.Since this is the spot where the skin breakdown occurred, we had to terminate the monitoring after three days of use, instead of the planned 30 days.Other similar 30- day heart monitoring systems allow for attachment of the leads in slightly varying locations.The lack of such flexibility with this product meant that monitoring had to be terminated.The monitoring company was notified on 8-2-21 that the monitoring had been terminated.The product was the adhesive patch lot # u210184 by (b)(4).Fda safety report id # (b)(4).
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