Pyxis anesthesia system drawer malfunction which caused the machine to be inoperable and vital medications and anesthesia supplies were unavailable for pt care.One of the mini-drawers was activated to dispense immediately prior to pt arrival in cesarean section operating suite.Instead of dispensing only 1 pocket the entire drawer opened.The drawer was unable to be fully closed and this caused the machine to be inoperable.All other drawers which contained anesthetic, emergency medications and vital anesthesia supplies were locked.Fortunately this was an urgent and not an emergency case.However, if this was an emergency cesarean section or another type of emergency surgery, pt harm would have been possible due to a delay in treatment.
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