Staff went into the patient's room and noted that the telemetry box felt very hot.He changed the battery and the box remained hot.He notified the nurse of the event.The telemetry box was sent back to 3tele and a new one was placed on the patient.At that time, the patient did not have any redness to her skin.I received a call from staff and he notified me that he had a large red area on his hand and told me he thought it was from the tele box and that we should double check the patient's skin.I sent the primary nurse, into the room to check her skin.It was noted that she had developed a 3/4" blister below her breast.
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