KAZ USA, INC., A HELEN OF TROY COMPANY WELCH BRAUN TYMPANIC THERMOMETER; THERMOMETER, ELECTRONIC, CLINICAL
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Device Problem
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings (1535)
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Patient Problem
Insufficient Information (4580)
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Event Date 01/21/2022 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Event Description
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A (b)(6) male admitted on (b)(6) 2021 with sob and covid 19.On (b)(6) 2022, the patients temperature was checked with a tympanic thermometer for a reading of 40.1.The provider was notified, asa and iv fluid bolus administered.When the same thermometer was used on a different patient it gave the same reading.It was at that time that it was realized the thermometer could be malfunctioning.The device was not checked by clinical engineering because the staff discarded it.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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