The risk manager at seton medical center, williamson, reported that based on their internal investigation there is no allegation that the ventilator involved in the reported incident malfunctioned nor caused or contributed to the patient death.The contact declined to reveal patient information including the details of the incident and cause of patient death due to patient privacy standards.The contact stated that the ventilator that was quarantined and evaluated by the third-party biomed and the philips field service engineer as part of the investigation may not have been the ventilator that was involved in the incident and the contact reportedly will perform an internal investigation on their process to quarantine a device in the case of adverse events.Submission of a report does not constitute an admission that medical personnel, user facility, importer, distributor, manufacturer, or product caused or contributed to the event.
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