Patient observed to have a small deep tissue injury (dti) midline forehead, discovered under pulse oximeter forehead probe with band over probe.Site is also blistering.Device related to injury: covidien/nellcor forehead spo2 sensor.Injury located under infrared light.Determined injury to be a scab, not a dti.Appropriate category, this is a probe-related burn, non-pressure; however, necrotic tissue does not form overnight, there would have been skin impairment prior to this.No injury to patient from device.Device is not sequestered or available for return.
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