FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PATIENT INFORMATION CENTER IX

MDR report key: 12025805 · Received June 18, 2021

Report

Report Number
1218950-2021-10664
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 18, 2021
Date of Event
June 3, 2021
Manufacturer
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC
Product Code
MHX
UDI-DI
00884838093041
PMA / PMN Number
K153702
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SW
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

A PHILIPS REMOTE SERVICE ENGINEER (RSE) SPOKE WITH THE CUSTOMER BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER (BIOMED). THERE HAD BEEN AN INCIDENT WHERE THE NURSES HAD NOT NOTICED THAT A PATIENT WAS ALARMING FOR ASYSTOLE FOR 21 SECONDS SINCE SO MANY OTHER ALARMS WERE ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME. THE BIOMED INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT AND MORE SERIOUS SOUND FOR ASYSTOLI ALARMS. THE CUSTOMER FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH THE SEVERITY OF THE ALARMS WHEN SEVERAL ARE ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME. THE PHILIPS DEVICE WAS OPERATING AS INTENDED THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO PRODUCT MALFUNCTION, THIS IS CONSIDERED A USER ISSUE AND AN ENHANCEMENT REQUEST. A CUSTOMER FEEDBACK ENHANCEMENT REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED BY THE RSE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ASYSTOLE ALARMS ARE TOO DISCREET SINCE THE STAFF MISSED AN ALARM FOR A PATIENT WHO HAD A CARDIAC ARREST. THE CUSTOMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THE SOUND CAN BE CHANGED. THE DEVICE WAS REPORTED TO BE IN USE ON A PATIENT, WHERE THE PATIENT HAD A CARDIAC ARREST.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ASYSTOLE ALARMS ARE TOO DISCREET SINCE THE STAFF MISSED AN ALARM FOR A PATIENT WHO HAD A CARDIAC ARREST. THE CUSTOMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THE SOUND CAN BE CHANGED. THE DEVICE WAS REPORTED TO BE IN USE ON A PATIENT, WHERE THE PATIENT HAD A CARDIAC ARREST.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
923612 PATIENT INFORMATION CENTER IX PATIENT INFORMATION CENTER IX MHX PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC 866389 00884838093041

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization