During setup and use of an etco2 monitor, the therapist noted an alarm icon on the display with a red battery next to the battery charge indicator.The therapist also noted that the green battery charge icon on the devices front panel was not powered on indicating that the battery was not charging.The device was removed from the care area and sent to biomedical engineering for repair and reporting action.This is a repeating failure we have observed on this model capnograph of which we have previously reported under medwatch.Manufacturer response for monitor, portable respiratory, capnostream 35.This is a reoccurring event reported to both medwatch and the equipment manufacturer.Root cause still in progress.
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