It was reported that, while in use on a patient a 980 ventilator generated a severe occlusion.The patient was removed from the ventilator and placed on an alternate ventilator.The patient was not harmed or injured as a result of the reported event.The service engineer (se) reported that the patient circuit was not on the ventilator when they arrived.The se inspected the device and was not able to duplicate the reported issue.The se performed extended self-testing on the device and all tests passed.
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