Model Number 865240 |
Device Problem
Device Alarm System (1012)
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Patient Problem
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Event Date 09/30/2023 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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A follow up report will be submitted once the investigation is complete.
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Event Description
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The customer reported that the intellivue mx800 patient monitor issued a yellow alarm instead of the expected red alarm.It is unknown if the device was in use at time of event, and there was no adverse event reported.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Philips received a complaint on the intellivue mx800 patient monitor indicating that the yellow alarm went off instead of red.A remote service engineer (rse) spoke with the customer and explained that the heart rate (hr) needed to be above the set limit for a ventricular tachycardia (v-tach).The patient had premature ventricular contractions (pvcs), which is why the customer got the yellow alarm.The rse advised that there had to be a hr violation as well in order to get the red alarm for v-tach.Based on the information available and the testing conducted, the device was functioning as intended, and there was no malfunction of the device.The reported problem was not confirmed.The device was confirmed to be operating per specifications and no failure was identified.The investigation concludes that no further action is required.The device remains at the customer site.
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Event Description
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The customer reported that the intellivue mx800 patient monitor issued a yellow alarm instead of the expected red alarm.The device was in use monitoring a patient at the time of the reported issue.No adverse patient or user event was reported.
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