FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DRAGER AIR-SHIELDS INFANT WARMER

MDR report key: 1590954 · Received January 28, 2010

Report

Report Number
MW5014565
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 28, 2010
Date of Event
January 17, 2010
Report Date
January 22, 2010
Manufacturer
DRAEGER MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
FMT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

POST DELIVERY, BABY BROUGHT TO NURSERY AND PLACED ON WARMER, WHICH WAS SET AT 37.4 C. TEMP PROBE PLACED ON BABY. BABY BATHED AND PROBE REPLACED AFTER BATH. THREE MINUTES LATER, WHEN BABY RE-CHECKED, THERE WAS A REDDENED AREA ON HER CHEST. ON FURTHER EXAM, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE WARMER HAD JUMPED TO 40.3C AND WAS NOT ALARMING. THE WARMER WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF AND REDNESS ON CHEST FADED AWAY WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION. THE EVENT WAS WITNESSED BY A SECOND NURSE, THAT WARMER WAS SET ON "SKIN" AND NOT MANUAL, AND PROBE WAS ON BABY'S CHEST AND NOT ALARMING. WARMER WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND MARKED "DO NOT USE" UNTIL SEEN BY BIOMED DEPARTMENT. THE MFR, DRAEGER MEDICAL, INC. WILL BE COMING TO (B) (6) HOSPITAL ON (B) (6) 2010 TO EVALUATE THE EQUIPMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DRAGER AIR-SHIELDS INFANT WARMER INFANT WARMER FMT DRAEGER MEDICAL, INC. IICS-90

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 10 DA