FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CONCHA NEPTUNE

MDR report key: 1982775 · Received February 4, 2011

Report

Report Number
1982775
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 4, 2011
Date of Event
January 24, 2011
Report Date
January 26, 2011
Manufacturer
HUDSON, RCI.
Product Code
BTT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WHEN RT DID ROUNDS ON THE PATIENT, NOTICED A BURNING PLASTIC SMELL, FELT THE COMFORT FLOW CIRCUIT IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH, THE WATER IN THE COLUMN WAS ALSO VERY HOT, RT NOTICED THAT THE TEMP PROBE HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED TO THE WATER COLUMN, RT IMMEDIATELY DISCONNECTED THE CIRCUIT FROM THE BABY'S CANNULA. THE CANNULA WAS NOT HOT AND THE POINT AT WHICH THE CANNULA AND CIRCUIT WERE CONNECTED WAS NOT HOT. RT CHANGED THE CIRCUIT DUE TO THE PROBLEM, RECONNECTED ALL PROBES, PLACED BACK ON INFANT. RT LEFT THE HEATER OFF FOR APPROX 1 HOUR SO, THAT IT COULD COOL DOWN. HEATER / HUMIDIFIER DID NOT ALARM AT OVERTEMP WHEN SENSOR WAS DISCONNECTED AT WATER COLUMN. DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND EVALUATED TO CONFIRM MALFUNCTION. DEVICE DID NOT ALARM ON OVERTEMP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CONCHA NEPTUNE HEATER / HUMIDIFIER BTT HUDSON, RCI. 425-00

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 2 DA Hospitalization| R