FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
SIEMENS MEDICAL
MDR report key: 1293904
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Received January 20, 2009
Report
- Report Number
- MW5009669
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- January 20, 2009
- Date of Event
- January 12, 2009
- Report Date
- January 20, 2009
- Manufacturer
- NIHON KOHDEN AMERICA INC
- Product Code
- MHX
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Voluntary report
- Reporter Location
- LA, US
- Reporter Occupation
- RISK MANAGER
Narratives
Description of Event or Problem · 1
A FEMALE CAME IN FOR GALL BLADDER SURGERY -- SURGERY UNEVENTFUL, BUT WHEN PT WAS IN RECOVERY ROOM AND BEGINNING TO WAKE UP, THE O2 MONITOR READ "ATTACH PROBE" ON SCREEN INSTEAD OF READING AN O2 SAT RATE. NURSE CHANGED TO ANOTHER PROBE AND PLACED ON PT'S EAR INSTEAD OF FINGER, SAME READING APPEARED. PT BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. MD DID JAW THRUST, GAVE MORE MEDS BUT PT HAD TO INTUBATED AGAIN. O2 SAT RATE THEN SHOWN ON MONITOR SCREEN. PT UNRESPONSIVE FOR 48 HOURS, BUT WOKE UP WHILE IN ICU. PT DISCHARGED IN 2009. 1 WEEK AFTER EVENT, HOSPITALIZATION WAS LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND THE MONITOR MAY HAVE MALFUNCTION TO PREVENT REGULARLY MONITORING.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIEMENS MEDICAL | TELEVISON MONITOR | MHX | NIHON KOHDEN AMERICA INC | BSM-2354A |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 YR | Hospitalization |