FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM
MDR report key: 3540145
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Received December 19, 2013
Report
- Report Number
- MW5033608
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- December 19, 2013
- Report Date
- December 19, 2013
- Manufacturer
- MEDTEC MEDICAL, INC
- Product Code
- KMI
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Voluntary report
- Reporter Location
- KS, US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B)(6) 2013, 123 PADS BED/CHAIR ALARMS WERE INSTALLED IN PT CARE ROOMS. BY (B)(6) 2013, SIX MONITORS HAD BEEN REPORTED AS BROKEN/MALFUNCTIONING AND TAKEN OUT OF USE. THE JACK FOR THE NURSE AND PAD WERE NOT CONNECTING COMPLETELY CAUSING THE ALARMS TO NOT ALERT STAFF PROPERLY. REPRESENTATIVE NOTIFIED AND ALL 123 PADS ALARMS WERE REPLACED ON (B)(6) 2013. AT THE TIME OF REPLACEMENT, ONE ALARM WAS FOUND TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE CALL CORD JACK. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE ADD'L ALARMS REPORTED AFTER REPLACEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: WHEN ALARM CONNECTED TO THE PAD THE MONITOR WAS HOT TO TOUCH, ALARM WOULD NOT RESET AFTER THE 30 SECOND DELAY AND WIRING PULLING OUT FROM THE BED PAD.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 664887 | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | KMI | MEDTEC MEDICAL, INC | PADS-01 | ||
| 664888 | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | KMI | MEDTEC MEDICAL, INC | PADS - 01 | ||
| 664889 | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | KMI | MEDTEC MEDICAL, INC | PADS - 01 | ||
| 664890 | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | KMI | MEDTEC MEDICAL, INC | PADS - 01 | ||
| 665285 | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | KMI | MEDTEC MEDICAL, INC | PADS-01 | ||
| 665286 | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | PADS - PATIENT ALARM DISPOSABLE SYSTEM | KMI | MEDTEC MEDICAL, INC | PADS-01 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |