Rotapro cath was inserted and the rotapro machine was turned on, after the second pass the machine would not turn off, staff had to physically unplug the power cables from the console to get the machine to power off.The patient started complaining about chest pain.There was a drop in heartrate and bp.Cpr was started and anesthesia was called for intubation.After about 30 min of cpr the patient had a rhythm and was transported to the 5th floor [icu].Machine sequestered, clinical engineering was not able to reproduce the device staying on by itself, however it was noted that the black circular connector was loose as a result the machine would shut off by itself.The hospital has contacted boston and asked that a boston representative come to the hospital to physically inspect the equipment together with hospital clinical engineering.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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