Description of Event or Problem · 1
POST RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION (T10-L1 PERIPHERAL NERVE DESTRUCTION); WHEN THE GROUNDING PAD WAS REMOVED, THE END OF THE CORD WAS HOT NEXT TO THE GROUNDING PAD. WHERE THE CORD/GROUNDING PAD CONTACTED HER SKIN AT THE RIGHT HIP, A REDDENED AREA WITH A BLISTER IN THE CENTER WAS OBSERVED. TREATMENT WAS IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED TO THE PT. THE AREA REQUIRED SEVERAL TREATMENTS/OUTPATIENT, VISITS ((B)(6) 2013) THROUGH THE WOUND CARE DEPARTMENT. EQUIPMENT INVOLVED WAS A GROUNDING PAD, RADIO FREQUENCY, AND A CORD TO CONNECT BETWEEN THE GROUND PAD AND THE RF MACHINE. EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES WERE SENT TO THE OEM MANUFACTURER ON (B)(6) 2013. NEUROTHERM GROUNDING PAD; DISPOSABLE, PART # (B)(4); LOT#E992; EXPIRATION DATE OF 05/01/2014 - MODEL: NEURO THERM NT 2000 RF GENERATOR. SERIAL #(B)(4). GROUNDING PAD CABLE: REUSABLE INDEPENDENT DISPERSIVE CABLE; LOT#01001; PART# (B)(4).