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(b)(4).Fisher & paykel healthcare (f&p) is currently in the process of completing our investigation and will provide a follow up report upon completion this.Product background: the 900pt290e chamber as part of the 900pt561 heated breathing tube and chamber kit is a component designed for use with the airvo 2 humidification series to provide nasal high flow (nhf) therapy.Air and oxygen are blown from the airvo 2 into the humidification chamber within which water is heated by a heater plate.The gases become humidified in the chamber and then pass into a heated breathing tube, then to the patient interface.Nhf therapy is intended for use with spontaneously breathing patients who would benefit from receiving high flow warmed and humidified respiratory gases nhf therapy should not be used for life support purposes, and appropriate patient monitoring must be used at all times.
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(b)(4).[corrected data: b5,d1,g1,g2,g3,g4,g6,h2,h6] [note: fisher & paykel healthcare (f&p) has requested the return of the complaint device, but the healthcare facility reported that the device was discarded and could not be returned.] product background: the 900pt290e autofill chamber as part of 900pt561 heated breathing tube and chamber kit is a component designed for use with the airvo 2 humidification series to provide nasal high flow (nhf) therapy.Air and oxygen are blown from the airvo 2 into the humidification chamber within which water is heated by a heater plate.The gases become humidified in the chamber and then pass into a heated breathing tube, then to the patient interface.Nhf therapy is intended for use with spontaneously breathing patients who would benefit from receiving high flow warmed and humidified respiratory gases nhf therapy should not be used for life support purposes, and appropriate patient monitoring must be used at all times.Method: the complaint autofill chamber was discarded by the healthcare facility hence was not returned to f&p for evaluation.Our investigation is based on the information and photograph provided by the healthcare facility, previous investigations of similar complaints, and our knowledge of the product.Results: visual inspection of the provided photograph revealed a long vertical crack line in the autofill chamber.The healthcare facility reported that there was no patient consequence.Conclusion: without the return of the complaint device, we are unable to confirm the cause of the reported event.Every autofill chamber is pressure tested following the manufacturing process to check for any leaks present in the chamber.Any chamber that fails this test is rejected.The complaint chamber would have met the required specification at the time of production.Our user instructions that accompany the 900pt561 heated breathing tube and chamber kit state the following: - "do not use the autofill chamber if it has been dropped or been allowed to run dry as this could lead to the chamber over-filling." - "do not use the autofill chamber if the water level rises above the maximum water level line as this may lead to water entering the patient's airway." - "for single patient use only.Reuse may result in transmission of infectious substances.Attempting to reprocess will result in degradation of materials and render the product defective." - "avoid contact with chemicals, cleaning agents, or hand sanitizers.".
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