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On 9th may, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our surgical lights - powerled ii.Initially it was stated the one lamp did not work.Based on additional clarification provided by the getinge technician, it was established that air conditioner was leaking into the power supply box, there was a water inside the box and power supply went damage.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as contact of water with live parts may cause electric shock.
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The correction of b5 describe event and problem deems required.This is based on the internal evaluation.Previous b5 describe event and problem: on 9th may, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our surgical lights - powerled ii.Initially it was stated the one lamp did not work.Based on additional clarification provided by the getinge technician, it was established that air conditioner was leaking into the power supply box, there was a water inside the box and power supply went damage.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as contact of water with live parts may cause electric shock.Corrected b5 describe event and problem: on 9th may, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our surgical lights - powerled ii.Initially it was stated the one lighthead did not work.Based on additional clarification provided by the getinge technician, it was established that the local room air conditioner was leaking water into the ceiling power supply box, there was a water inside the box and power supply became damaged.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as contact of water with live parts may cause electric shock.According to the information provided by getinge technician, that after his visit the affected device is operational and can be used normally.Getinge became aware of an issue with one of our surgical lights - powerled ii.Initially it was stated the one lighthead did not work.Based on additional clarification provided by the getinge technician, it was established that the local room air conditioner was leaking water into the ceiling power supply box, there was a water inside the box and power supply became damaged.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as contact of water with live parts may cause electric shock.According to the information provided by getinge technician, that after his visit the affected device is operational and can be used normally.It was established that when the event occurred, the surgical light met its specification however leakage of water into the power supply box contributed to the reportable situation.According to the information gathered, the device was not being used for the patient treatment upon the event occurrence.When reviewing similar reportable events for the same device type, we have been able to confirm that the investigated issue has never led to serious injury or worse, to our knowledge.Comparing the number of affected devices by the investigated issue to the install base, complaint ratio is very low.A root cause analysis was performed by the subject matter expert at maquet sas.As they stated and according to the information provided, the presence of water in the power supply box is the result of a leakage from the air conditioner into the ceiling at the point where the power supply box is installed.This problem is not related to the device, the powerled ii surgical light is not supplied with water and is not the source of the leak.For safety reasons a functional check of the device is required to verify the absence of damage.We believe that if the manufacturer recommendation had been followed the reported situation would have been avoided.Given the findings of this investigation getinge shall continue to monitor for any further events of this nature and does not propose any other action at this time.
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On 9th may, 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our surgical lights - powerled ii.Initially it was stated the one lighthead did not work.Based on additional clarification provided by the getinge technician, it was established that the local room air conditioner was leaking water into the ceiling power supply box, there was a water inside the box and power supply became damaged.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as contact of water with live parts may cause electric shock.According to the information provided by getinge technician, that after his visit the affected device is operational and can be used normally.
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