The patient was undergoing a laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (lavh)and bilateral hysterectomy.During skin closure, the patient was noted to have a red area (approximately 3 inches x 1 inch) on the right lower quadrant of the abdomen.High flow heated insufflator tubing was attached to the insufflator, which was turned off.High flow heated insufflator tubing continued to feel warm to touch.The insufflator was sequestered and the tubing of like lot# was removed from inventory.Manufacturer response for insufflator, (brand not provided) (per site reporter): stryker on-site specialist was made aware of the event.The device was sequestered at the time of the event.The device to be returned to stryker quality department for evaluation.The additional devices in the facility were all evaluated by the on-site specialist and on two additional devices the heating icon did not appear when the heated tube set was plugged i; the two additional devices were returned to stryker for evaluation.
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