Information was received indicating that during use, a smiths medical cadd remote dose cord could not start working.It was also reported that the dose cord was retried with another pump but did not respond to button.Subsequently, the patient received doses through the pump's own button.It was noted that some bolus might have been missed before the issue was noted.No adverse effects were reported.
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Incident inadvertently reported.The malfunction not likely to cause or contribute to death or serious injury.The bolus dose cord is used for pca delivery only- any under-delivery for pca is not likely to result in death or serious injury.No patient death, no life-threatening event, no permanent impairment of a body function or structure, and no required medical or surgical intervention was needed to preclude serious impairment of a body structure or function.The product family hazard analysis indicates that the device in the reported incident is related to a hazardous situation and would not likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur.
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