Livanova deutschland received a report that dual rollerhead pump failure during cardioplegia administration.After cross clamp was placed, cardioplegia pump was turned on to administer arrestingc ardioplegia dose.A clamp was left on cardioplegia line at the field, so high line pressure alarm was triggered on the cardioplegia pump.Clamp at field was opened and high pressure was relieved.When trying to resume arresting cardioplegia dose, the cardioplegia pump failed to move/run.Perfusion cleared the high-pressure alarm and ensured that pump was in the correct delivery mode and even tried to deliver in a recirculation mode.When trying to turn the pump on again, rpm¿s and flows were being shown without the rollerhead moving.To arrest the heart, the perfusionist had to remove the tubing from the pump head and hand squeeze cardioplegia to the field for the surgeon to deliver by syringe.Once heart was arrested, cardioplegia pump was turned off and back on and resumed working.There is no report of any patient injury.
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