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On 25th september 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our table tops - 116010d0 - universal table top, ipc, eu, washable used with 116001a0 - otesus or table column, stationary.As it was stated, the height of the column could not be lowered and the staff had to operate on the elevated operating table top.The issue led to a short delay of under two minutes in the operation on the anesthetized patient.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue based on the potential for serious injury if the situation, namely the delay in surgery resulting in prolonged anesthesia time, was to reoccur.
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On 25th september 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our table tops - 116010d0 - universal table top, ipc, eu, washable used with 116001a0 - otesus or table column, stationary.As it was stated, the height of the column could not be lowered and the staff had to operate on the elevated operating table top.The issue led to a short delay of under two minutes in the operation on the anesthetized patient.The incident was initially assessed as reportable due to a delay in surgery resulting in prolonged anesthesia time.Recently, the incident has been reevaluated as according to the medical expert's assessment, the procedural delay did not have any major clinical relevance in this situation.The scenario described in the record is considered as non-reportable.
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Getinge became aware of an issue with one of our table tops - 116010d0 - universal table top, ipc, eu, washable used with 116001a0 - otesus or table column, stationary.As it was stated, the height of the column could not be lowered and the staff had to operate on the elevated operating table top.The issue led to a short delay of under two minutes in the operation on the anesthetized patient.The incident was initially assessed as reportable due to a delay in surgery resulting in prolonged anesthesia time.Recently, the incident has been reevaluated as according to the medical expert's assessment, the procedural delay did not have any major clinical relevance in this situation.The scenario described in the record is considered as non-reportable.It was established that the device failed to meet the manufacturer's specification due to malfunction of the controller unit.The device was being used for patient treatment when the malfunction occurred.The manufacturer did not receive enough information to conduct the technical investigation.It was not possible to determine the root cause.In case of new relevant information, the case will be reconsidered.We currently do not have any information that would warrant further action towards the device manufacturing or devices on the market, however as per our complaint handling processes will continue to monitor the customer experiences with the device for any future information.The correction of b5 describe event or problem, d1 brand name, d4 unique identifier (udi) #, d4 catalog #, h3a device evaluated by manufacturer, h3b device not eval provide code, h3c if other provide code - explain, h6 medical device ¿ problem code and h6 investigation findings fields deems required.This is based on the internal evaluation.Previous b5 describe event or problem: on 25th september 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our table tops - 116010d0 - universal table top, ipc, eu, washable used with 116001a0 - otesus or table column, stationary.As it was stated, the height of the column could not be lowered and the staff had to operate on the elevated operating table top.The issue led to a short delay of under two minutes in the operation on the anesthetized patient.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue based on the potential for serious injury if the situation, namely the delay in surgery resulting in prolonged anesthesia time, was to reoccur.Corrected b5 describe event or problem: on 25th september 2023 getinge became aware of an issue with one of our table tops - 116010d0 - universal table top, ipc, eu, washable used with 116001a0 - otesus or table column, stationary.As it was stated, the height of the column could not be lowered and the staff had to operate on the elevated operating table top.The issue led to a short delay of under two minutes in the operation on the anesthetized patient.The incident was initially assessed as reportable due to a delay in surgery resulting in prolonged anesthesia time.Recently, the incident has been reevaluated as according to the medical expert's assessment, the procedural delay did not have any major clinical relevance in this situation.The scenario described in the record is considered as non-reportable.Previous d1 brand name: universal table top, ipc, eu, washable corrected d1 brand name: universal table top previous d4 unique identifier (udi) #: n/a corrected d4 unique identifier (udi) #: (b)(4) previous d4 catalog #: 116010d0 corrected d4 catalog #: n/a previous d4 serial #: (b)(6) corrected d4 serial #: (b)(6) previous h3a device evaluated by manufacturer: no corrected h3a device evaluated by manufacturer: yes previous h3b device not eval provide code: other corrected h3b device not eval provide code: n/a previous h3c if other provide code - explain: device not returned to manufacturer corrected h3c if other provide code - explain: n/a previous h6 medical device ¿ problem code: activation, positioning or separation problem|positioning problem|positioning failure|1158 corrected h6 medical device ¿ problem code: electrical /electronic property problem|interrogation problem|failure to interrogate|1332.
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