The patient reported to nursing staff that the black ekg lead wire set on fire while she was wearing the device.She was in the bathroom and smelled something strange.She looked down and saw the black wire melting and then a little flame appeared.She used a wet towel to put it out.The patient reported no injury and nursing staff verified no burn.The patient reported earlier in the night she had noticed that the telemetry monitor box felt hot in her gown pocket.She took it out of her gown and laid it on the bed to cool off.The patient stated the box fell off the bed onto the ground at one point that evening.The telemetry box and leads were sequestered and delivered to biomedical engineering for evaluation.
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