Problem statement: the customer reported a patient death and could not print out patient strips.As the event was reportable to a regulatory authority and indicated a possible failure of a device, labeling, or packaging to meet any of its specifications, an investigation was required.Complaint evaluation: the customer contacted the customer care solution center (ccsc) to report that a patient had died and they could not print out final strips from the pic ix patient sector.The remote customer engineer (rce) confirmed the print job would not start.The rce contacted a philips clinical specialist as a patient death had occurred.The nurse reporter of the issue confirmed that the pic ix did not contribute to the patient death.Customer resolution and conclusion: a pic ix would not print out final strips after a patient death had occurred.After confirming that the device did not contribute to the patient death, the rec remoted into the customer's system and was able to ping the printer.The rce restarted the application to resolve the issue.A search in servicemax found no further related calls, supporting that the issue was resolved.No further action or investigation is warranted based on the available information at the time of complaint closure.Patient/user involvement was the device being used on a patient at the time of the event, including for the purposes of diagnosis? yes the device was in clinical use at the time.Was there any adverse event to the patient or user? if yes, describe? yes customer reported an adverse event - patient death.If there was an adverse event, did the device cause or contribute to the adverse event, and how? nurse/user confirmed the device did not cause or contribute to the adverse event.
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