Please note that previous medwatch reports for this product may have been submitted under the following registration numbers: 1000381138, 3007420694.Currently, these products are to be handled by arjohuntleigh ab¿s complaint handling establishment and any medwatch reports will be submitted under registration #3005619970.Arjo was informed about an event involving auto logic pump.Following information reported to arjo by the customer representative, a nursing staff member suffered an electric shock while moved the pump plugged into the power source.The nurse was checked by the hospital¿s emergency department where it was confirmed that she did not sustain any injury.The arjo representative established that the reported incident occurred when the pump was picked up by the nurse (to connect an aura cushion to the pump).At that time, the pump was shorted out, causing a bang sound, sparks from the pump power cord and burning smell.Following the event, the pump was inspected by the arjo service technician.It was found that the power cord was broken and the outer casing of the pump is damaged.According the opinion of the arjo service technician, possible minor damage of the power cord prior the installation then movement/pulling of the power cord led to cord shorting.To conclude, the complaint was decided to be reportable due to allegation of the electric shock sustained by the nurse.When the event occurred, the device did not meet its performance specifications.Upon the conducted investigation, we were able to determine that damage of the power cable was a contributing factor to the electric shock occurrence.The circumstances in which the damage of the power cord occurred were not established.
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