FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BAIR HUGGER

MDR report key: 2072114 · Received April 20, 2011

Report

Report Number
2072114
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 20, 2011
Date of Event
March 16, 2011
Report Date
March 30, 2011
Manufacturer
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE
Product Code
DWJ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MT, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BAIR HUGGER (B) (4) WAS ON HIGH TEMPERATURE BUT WAS BLOWING COLD AIR ACROSS THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT WAS COOLED DURING SURGERY, HAD DECREASED CIRCULATION AND DECREASED TEMPERATURE. THE CASE WAS AN EXTENSIVE THROAT AND MOUTH SURGERY, THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE PATIENTS FOREHEAD TEMPERATURE W/OUT CONTAMINATING THE FIELD. THE PULSE OX WAS UNABLE TO PICK UP THE O2 LEVEL AT 155. STAFF FELT PATIENT'S HANDS AND DISCOVERED THEN THAT THE PATIENT WAS COLD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BAIR HUGGER BAIR HUGGER PATIENT WARMER DWJ ARIZANT HEALTHCARE 775 BAIR HUGGER *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR