Model Number 865240 (MX800) |
Device Problem
Device Alarm System (1012)
|
Patient Problem
Low Blood Pressure/ Hypotension (1914)
|
Event Date 03/06/2019 |
Event Type
Injury
|
Manufacturer Narrative
|
A follow up report will be submitted once the investigation is complete.Patient information requested not available at time of report.
|
|
Event Description
|
The customer reported that on (b)(6) 2019, a patient on ward 11-4 had a sudden drop in arterial pressure and was subsequently reanimated.Although this blood pressure drop was displayed on the monitor, the central had not alarmed.According to the customer, there were no alarms between 13:58 and 14:48.The patient had to be resuscitated.The resuscitation was successful.
|
|
Manufacturer Narrative
|
A philips field service engineer (fse) went onsite, and obtained alarm audit logs from the central station (pic ix).The alarm audit log was reviewed by a philips complaint investigator for the time reported.A blood pressure alarm was seen at 13:56:31; there was no indication in the logs that this alarm had been acknowledged.A philips response center engineer (rce) spoke with the customer, and the customer acknowledged that this was related to an alarm fatigue issue.The rce provided application support from a philips alarm fatigue specialist.There was no product malfunction.Based on the provided alarm audit logs, the system did provide a blood pressure alarm.
|
|
Search Alerts/Recalls
|