It was reported that on (b)(6) 2023, at around 7:30 p.M., an isolated patient with covid pneumonia (with a fixed therapy limitation without intubation/resuscitation) was found deceased in the intensive care unit.The staff on duty state that the monitor did not detect the asystole and that there was no alarm message via the central monitoring from the monitor at the bedside.
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A philips field service engineer (fse) visited the customer site to evaluate the alleged malfunctioning devices, collect logs, and clinical audit trails.Results of functional tests, mtk (metrological controls), stk (safety control checks) and metrological inspection according to mpbetriebv, confirmed that both x3 and mx-750 devices were working per specification.Furthermore, the fse confirmed that electrocardiogram (ecg) from alarm has been reconfigured from blue technical alarm to yellow alarm and the alarm source has been changed from ecg to "auto".A philips product support engineer (pse) and a philips clinical specialist (cs) evaluated the following documents: workflow, audit log (entire ¿ unfiltered ¿ unit ¿ seven days of data), configuration file for host and companion monitors, device log from host/companion/mms monitors, alarm review from pic ix and ivpm, rhythm strips and technical logs.Analysis results revealed that the arrhythmia was off, respiratory alarms were off, spo2 limits were wide and that the electrocardiogram (ecg) leads were noted to be off as well.The monitor is set for split latching.When the x3 (set for red/yellow latching) is connected to the monitor that the monitor determines the alarm settings.Based on the information available and the testing conducted confirming that alarm for arrhythmia was off, respiratory alarms were off, spo2 limits were wide and that the electrocardiogram (ecg) leads were noted to be off as well.In addition, it was indicated that the asystole was not detected because one or more leads were off, though the monitor provided an inop alarm for ecg off, users did not respond to the inop and due to the lack of alarm, there was a delay in care to the patient.Due to aforementioned information, it appears the device function did not cause or contribute to the reported event; however, alarm management or user response to inops may have been a factor.The reported problem was not confirmed.
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