Getinge became aware of an issue with one of the surgical lights - powerled ii 700.It was stated a small piece of the keypad fell down, but out of a surgical field.We decided to report the issue in an abundance of caution as any particles falling off during the procedure may fell into the sterile field and cause contamination.According to the information provided by the getinge service technician, the device has been repaired by the replacement of the faulty keypad (ard569201510).It was established that when the event occurred, the surgical light did not meet its specification due to the reported defect, which contributed to the reportable situation.Based on the information collected it was possible to establish that the affected device was not being used for the patient treatment upon the event occurrence.When reviewing similar reportable events for the same device type, we have been able to confirm that the investigated issue has never led to serious injury or worse, to our knowledge.Comparing the number of complained devices to the install base of powerled ii, we concluded the failure ratio is very low.A root cause analysis was performed by the subject matter expert.It was established that the technician wrote: "the keypad is impacted to the ceiling pendant during remove the ot lamp from the surgical field after a surgical operation, a small piece of keypad is fall down (out of the surgical field), the patient is not affect by this incident." a collision is defined as an impact, other than an impact associated with normal operating circumstances.The probable root cause of the breakage of the keypad is misuse.The ifu (powerled ii ifu 01811 rev.09, pages 67-68) warns the user to move the device carefully to avoid a collision.We believe the related devices are performing correctly in the market.We also believe that if the manufacturer¿s recommendation had been followed the incident could have been avoided.Getinge shall continue to monitor for any further events of this nature and do not propose any further action at this time.
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