They stated that the arterial pressure was 200+ mmhg, internal pressure was 300-400 mmhg and venous pressure was +300 mmhg, however there was no kicking in the venous line, so they suspected there were some problems to the pressure sensors inside the set.They changed to another machine with the same set, the problems were still there.Afterwards, they connected external pressure sensors to the set and pre-oxy pressure was 170 mmhg while post-oxy pressure was 180 mmhg.(b)(4).
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The investigation has been performed by getinge laboratory on 2019-07-04.The integrated sensor plug and the de-airing membrane were wet (priming solution) on arrival.The connection to the integrated sensor was dried.Subsequently, a water cycle with the hls module and the cardiohelp was set up and connected.No abnormalities were found.Thus the failure could not be confirmed.The most probable root cause is a wet, corroded sensor plug.The occurrence rate related to the reported issue is currently being monitored as part of maquet cardiopumonary¿s trending program and additional investigations or corrections will be implemented in case of adverse trending.
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