Per communications with the rce, there was no device testing performed and/or on-site service.The biomedical engineer indicated that the device was not a factor in the patient death and there was no allegation of device malfunction.It is not clear if there were concerns over alarms/alarm handling.A review of the piic alarm logs for bed ch14 on (b)(6) 2018 between 14:00 to 23:00 found several spo2 and desat alarms, some of which were suspended, as well as numerous various inops indicating inadequate signal for spo2 and arterial artifact.The available information does not support a device malfunction.This will be considered a user alarm handling issue.The device remains in use at the customer site.
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