On 9th january, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our examination lights ¿ lucea 10/40.As it was stated the cover was missing.There was no injury reported, however we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as any particles falling may lead to potential infection of the patient.
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On 9th january, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our examination lights ¿ lucea 10/40.As it was stated the cap cover was missing from one of the parts of the examination light assembly.There was no injury reported, however we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as any particles falling may lead to potential infection of the patient.Missing part was replaced and device back to usage.
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The correction of b5 describe event and problem deems required.This is based on the internal evaluation.Previous b5 describe event and problem: on 9th january, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our examination lights ¿ lucea 10/40.As it was stated the cover was missing.There was no injury reported, however we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as any particles falling may lead to potential infection of the patient.Corrected b5 describe event and problem: on 9th january, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our examination lights ¿ lucea 10/40.As it was stated the cap cover was missing from one of the parts of the examination light assembly.There was no injury reported, however we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as any particles falling may lead to potential infection of the patient.Missing part was replaced and device is back to usage.Based on the information collected, it was established that when the event occurred, the examination light did not meet its specification, since a missing cap cover could be considered as technical deficiency, and in this way the device contributed to the event.The device was not being used for patient treatment upon the event occurrence.According to the information gathered, the issue was discovered by getinge technician during preventive maintenance.When reviewing reportable events for this type of issue we were able to establish that the received incidents are occurring at a very low ratio.We have been able to confirm that the investigated issue has never led to serious injury or worse, to our knowledge.As stated by subject matter expert at maquet sas, the most probable root cause of the break of this cap is repeated and violent shocks during the use of the device.Another probable root cause is that the cap has been forgotten or deteriorated after a readjustment of the spring arm during the maintenance of medical device.The yearly preventive maintenance program documented in the technical manual for lucea 10/40 (0170201 1k) on page 10 mentions to check the fixing of all caps.The cap must be reinstalled during installation or after the maintenance procedure.Maquet sas strongly advises to check similar devices in the hospital in order to check the presence of all spring arms caps.If a missing cap is noticed, a new one should be ordered as spare parts.(blue 30 / lucea 40-50 : ard569010102) we believe the related devices are performing correctly in the market.We also believe that if the manufacturer 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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