It was reported on (b)(6) 2023, there was a failure to alarm for bradycardia at the central station and the bedside monitor.The device was in use and the monitor displayed a heart rate of 54 bpm, which was outside the set parameters (high limit-200 bpm and low limit-100 bpm).It was indicated the bradycardia was not managed in time.
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The alleged time of the event was between 12:30 and 15:30 hours and new information was provided that the event resulted in the patient death.The complaint was escalated for technical investigation, and the clinical audit logs show that the last hr alarm (hr 206>200) was generated at 15:13:03 and terminated a few seconds later.After that, there were several inops related to ecg / respiratory lead off, which may indicate poor electrode contact to the skin.Noisy ecg was also shown in the logs, which means that ecg could not be analyzed.From 15:13 until 17:39, there were no ecg related alerts in the clinical audit trail.The clinical audit logs also indicate that there were alarms for exceeding the low hr limit.Based on the information available and the testing conducted, the device was functioning as intended and there was no trouble found with the device.The reported problem was not confirmed.Corrected information: outcomes attributed to ae is updated to death, 510k: k131872, a4 patient weight: 4 kg, f3: user facility: (b)(4), d1: intellivue mx500 patient monitor, h1 type of reported complaint is updated to death, d2a: intellivue mx500 patient monitor, d4: model#: 866064, d4 catalog#: 866064, d4 serial#: (b)(6), d4 unique identifier: (b)(4).
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