Description of Event or Problem · 1
PATIENT MONITORED USING DEVICE IN A.M. OF 4/22/93. DEVICE RECORDED THREE UTERINE CONTRACTIONS DURING THAT SESSION. PATIENT DENIED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH LABOR. SHE PROCEEDED TO SCHEDULED PHYSICIAN APPOINTMENT. HER PHYSICIAN DID A CERVICAL EXAM AND DETERMINED CERVIX HAD DILATED TO 4 CMS. PATIENT WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL AND DELIVERED A LIVE BORN INFANT SON AFTER ADMISSION. INFANT EXPIRED ON 4/23/93 DUE TO COMPLICATIOLNS RELATED TO PREMATURITY. DEVICE WAS SENT TO MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION ON 4/29/93DEVICE NOT LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: SATISFACTORY CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.DEVICE SERVICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SERVICE SCHEDULE. DATE LAST SERVICED: 01-FEB-93. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: MANUFACTURER. SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABLE.NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS NOT EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. CONCLUSION: NO DATA. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: INVALID DATA. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: DEVICE RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER/DEALER/DISTRIBUTOR, DEVICE TEMPORARILY REMOVED FROM SERVICE. THE DEVICE WAS NOT DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.