Philips received a complaint on the iintellivue mx500 patient monitor indicating that "initially, the customer called needing assistance w/picix audit log entries.However, after further discussion reported a patient safety incident in rm #743, w/mp500 sn #(b)(6) /rev n.0, on 7 south.".
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A philips field service engineer (fse) remotely changed the alarm settings to enhance text for the unit (7 south).A good faith effort (gfe) sent confirmed the following: 1, the event timeframe: 17 may 2023 time: 00:00 until 12:06 -unit: 7s room 743 (the patient was transferred to mi06 at/around 12:06) 2- the customer was asking for assistance to understand what triggered the alarm.It was indicated on the call the patient did expire but was not able to provide any additional information.3- the hospital snr manager, risk manager (hrm) stated they initially thought there might be an issue; however, upon investigating the event and conducting a root cause analysis (rca), it was determined there was no issues with the products/solution.No additional support or assistance is needed from philips.The hrm authorized to proceed and close the case based upon their findings/determination.She stated that they found some specific needs/requirements for when staff is operating from different clinical units but didn't provide details on these requirements.4.The hrm confirmed that the hospital does not see a connection between the philips product and the occurred death, as they are looking to workflow and processes as the root cause of the event.Results of functional testing and communications indicate that the adverse event mentioned in this complaint has no allegation of a philips product malfunction.Based on the information available and the testing conducted, the reported problem has the hospital's workflow and processes as the root cause of the event.The engineer provided their analysis findings, updating alarm settings for text enhancement on the picix.There is supporting evidence this adverse event was unrelated to a philips device.The investigation concludes that no further action is required at this time.If additional information is received the complaint file will be reopened.Based on the information available and results of additional analysis, no further action is necessary at this time.
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