Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON 11/20/2014 SALTER LABS WAS INFORMED OF AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2012. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SALTER LABS HAS RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION. NATURE OF THE EVENT: A PT'S FAMILY REPORTED THAT A PT WAS USING OXYGEN EQUIPMENT WHEN SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE EQUIPMENT CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED CAUSING SIGNIFICANT INJURIES INCLUDING BURNS TO THE PT'S FACE AND BODY. THE PT DIED A DAY AFTER OF THIS INCIDENT. THE OXYGEN EQUIPMENT INCLUDED: OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR (NON-SALTER LABS BRANDED), TWO CANNULAS (NON-SALTER LABS BRANDED), A 25' OXYGEN TUBING CONNECTOR (NON-SALTER LABS BRANDED), AND A CONNECTOR SALTER LABS BRANDED. SALTER LABS HAS NOT RECEIVED THE CONNECTOR FOR ANALYSIS. SALTER LABS HAS NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.