Suspect alarm was not working.This (b)(6) yo patient was admitted with dka (b)(6) 2020.On (b)(6) 2020, between 0252-0314, the patient was desaturating from the mid 90s to the 50s as evidenced by monitor strip data.Despite patient's desaturations and eventual bradycardia progressing to a code blue, these events were not being captured by the alarms.Review of philips alarm data showed there was no alarming during this timeframe when clearly there should have been alarming.History of type 1 diabetes, hashimoto's thyroiditis, and obesity.Learned 2 days after patient expired, he was covid positive.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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