Reportedly the user switched to manual ventilation until a spare device was connected to the patient - no serious impairment of patient´s health was reported.A draeger service engineer was dispatched who examined the device and the log file.The reported ventilator failure and alarm of the ventilator shut-down was confirmed and related to a motor failure.The motor assembly was exchanged and after final tests the device went back into service again.The manufacturer finally concludes that the anesthesia device responded as designed upon a deviation that was triggered by a component failure ¿ a ventilator shutdown was forced and the user was alerted to this by means of a corresponding alarm.Manual ventilation with the built-in breathing bag remained possible.
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