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Device Problem
Therapeutic or Diagnostic Output Failure (3023)
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Patient Problem
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Date 01/16/2019 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The production device history record (dhr) for this intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) was not required to be reviewed per company standard operating procedure since the device manufacture date is greater than one year from the event date.At this time, the customer has not requested getinge to evaluate the iabp.Additional information is being requested from the customer with regard to the repair and status of the iabp.A supplemental report will be submitted if this information is provided to us.
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Event Description
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It was reported that while in use on patient the cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) displayed an autofill complete message followed by the iabp not working.It was reported that the end user re-started the iabp, and this allowed the unit to continue working for a short period of time before the same message was displayed.It was additionally reported that while the patient was in icu the end user tried to restart the iabp to continue therapy without success, the iabp was swapped to continue therapy.No patient harm or adverse event reported.
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Event Description
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It was reported that while in use on patient in icu, the cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) displayed an autofill complete message and then stop working.It was reported that the end-user shut the iabp unit down and then restarted the unit.The iabp worked for a few minutes and then displayed the same message.The end-user then attempted to fill manually and start the pumping but the unit would not start without an error.The customer replaced the intra-aortic balloon pump (iab), restarted the iabp unit and then opted to replace the iabp with another.No patient harm or adverse event was reported.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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A getinge field service engineer (fse) was dispatched to the customer's site.The fse evaluated the iabp and could not duplicate the alleged malfunction.The fse did not remove or installed part to the machine.The iabp was returned to the customer for clinical use.The full name of the event site is directorate of royal medical service (drms).
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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