A facility reported their endo stratus irrigation pump was irrigating harder than normal during a procedure and caused a patient to bleed.After several attempts mediators ra has not been able to contact the facility to confirm details of this reported event.The irrigation pump was returned to mediators for additional inspection and functionality tests by mediators depot service department.The unit performed to specification.The endostratus irrigation pump is to be used by a trained user who is responsible for using clinical judgement to set the flow rate from the pump to a suitable level to for each individual patient.The flow rate should always be set at the lowest setting at the start of a procedure as instructed in the endostratus irrigation pump user manual.There have been no details on what settings were used during the procedure.There have been no reports on the patient condition or if the patient had sought additional medical attention following their procedure.This will continue being monitored in the mediators complaint handling system.
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