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The user facility reported that the involved capiox device failed oxygenation.The oxygenator was primed per protocol and pre-bypass checklist was done before bypass.Started bypass at 11.30 am after activated clotting time (act) was more than 1000 sec.Four minutes into bypass, the user noticed that the arterial blood was dark and informed surgeon and anesthetist.Oxygen sources were checked and confirmed.Case of cabg x 4 (lima).The oxygenator was changed with another rx15rw40 and bypass was re-initiated without any problem with oxygenation.The procedure was successfully completed and patient was reported to be safe.When the actual sample was changed out, some blood was lost but the exact amount of lost blood is unknown.
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This report is being submitted as follow up no.1 to provide the completed investigation.Visual inspection revealed no defects, which could have caused insufficient gas transfer performance.The actual sample, after having been rinsed and dried, was tested for its gas transfer performance in accordance with the factory's shipping inspection protocol.Bovine blood was circulated in the oxygenator module no anomalies were revealed in the gas transfer performance of the actual sample, with the obtained values meeting manufacturer specifications.During the gas transfer performance test, the colors of the venous blood and arterial blood were compared with each other.The arterial blood was found to be brighter red than the venous blood in color.The investigation result verified that the actual sample, after having been rinsed, was the normal product with no issue in the gas transfer performance.There is no evidence that this event was related to a device defect or malfunction.With no availability of the involved pump record or no detailed information about the events leading up to the complaint, the exact cause of the reported event cannot be definitively determined based on the available information.The ifu state: "start gas supply with v/q=1, and fio2=100%, then make adjustments based on blood gas measurements.Measure blood gases and make necessary adjustments as follows.Control pao2 by changing concentration of oxygen in ventilating gas using gas blender.To decrease pao2, decrease fio2.To increase pao2, increase fio2.".
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