A customer reported that the merge hemo record station's computer display stopped working during a coronary intervention case.The screen went black and the mouse cursor on the screen was frozen.The patient data module (pdm) started beeping when data stopped transmitting from the pdm to the merge hemo record station.The physician checked all connections to the pdm (which appeared to have been connected), and rebooted the computer.The merge hemo display came back on while the physician was re-enforcing the pdm connections, not necessarily right when the computer rebooted.The system was down for a total of approximately 4-8 minutes, according to the user, thus there was a delay in patient care.The physician was able to user merge hemo to continue with the procedure after the connection was re-established and there is no report of any adverse effect on the patient due to the delay.It was determined that the issue was caused by a loose connection, which was due to a missing screw on the vga plug on the cable that connects the pdm to the merge hemo record station computer.
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