Respiratory therapist went into room noticed that there was puddles of water and that water was spewing out of the heater.The ventilators were switched wasn't completely clear at that time what was causing the issue.Once the ventilator was pulled out of the icu room and cleaned and stripped, the therapist noticed that there was a hole in the cannister where the water goes into that sits on the heater.The heater was not alarming and didn't indicate that it was hotter than normal.Heater was taken off the ventilator.
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