It was reported that during use of the device for a cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) procedure, the arterial partial pressure of oxygen (po2), arterial oxygen saturation (so2), and the ph levels were out of range.The user ran manual blood gasses every 30 minutes.The surgical procedure was completed successfully.There was a 1.3 milliliters (ml) blood loss, with no delay, nor adverse consequences to the patient.Per clinical review: on (b)(6) 2018, the blood parameter monitor (bpm) was calibrated for a procedure without issue.Just prior to the initiation of cpb the end-user opened the shunt sensor to the priming solution of the cpb circuit.The ph read 8.30, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pco2) = 13 millimeters of mercury (mmhg), po2 = 232, temperature read 28.2, and the arterial so2 read 100%.The end-user stated that he was used to seeing these types of values just prior to initiation of cpb.The team stated that the ph of the prime solution is around 7.50 ++.The values after initiation of bypass, and prior to his first in-vivo calibration were ph = 6.82, pco2 = 45, po2 = 462, bicarbonate (hco3) = 7, and base excess (be) = -25, with so2 = 100%.When the end-user went to do the first in-vivo calibration (store) the values on the bpm were ph = 6.60, pco2 = 44, po2 = 576, hco3 = 4, and arterial so2 was 100%; the arterial blood gas (abg) results were ph= 7.38, pco2 of 46 and po2 = 410.When the end-user pressed the recall on the monitor to enter these values, the bpm produced at error code in which he did not recall.The end-user stated that the ph would either not show up or read 7.5+.The po2, hco3, be and so2 numbers never came up.In addition, the end-user also stated that they try to mitigate the issue through taking the shunt sensor off the bpm and cleaned it with alcohol to remove debris and still they received arterial po2 and arterial so2 error message.The end-user repeated this removal another time, and lastly replaced the shunt sensor.All of these mitigations did not resolve the error message.It is stated in the instruction for use (ifu) to not remove the shunt sensor from the bpm after calibration, for it could affect accuracy.The incident with the bpm did not delay the continuation of the surgical procedure.There was no harm.The shunt sensor was exchanged out with an approximate blood loss of 1.3 ml.
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The reported complaint was confirmed.During laboratory analysis, the product surveillance technician (pst) observed the arterial blood parameter monitor (bpm) to fail startup standard reference sensor (srs) checks.Evaluation of the inaccuracy complaint was not possible due to this failure, and instead it was evaluated using a substitute bpm from the lab platter.The on screen values could be adjusted throughout their intended operating ranges using the substitute bpm.The product was sent to service to be brought to manufacturer¿s specifications before being returned to the customer.If additional information becomes available on this complaint that would alter the facts and/or conclusion, a supplemental report will be filed accordingly.
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