It was reported that during continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt) using a prismaflex control unit, the calcium pump stopped without triggering an alarm.
The patient did not receive the calcium infusion for several hours.
Once the issue was noted, the operator ¿gently touched¿ the syringe pump and an error message was triggered.
The extracorporeal blood was not returned to the patient.
Treatment was discontinued.
There was no report of patient injury or medical intervention associated with this event.
No additional information is available.
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