Description of Event or Problem · 1
PATIENT WITH ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE BEING MECHANICALLY VENTILATED. DEVELOPED AIR LEAK WITH RESULT INADEQUATE VENTILATION. REQUIRED REINTUBATION TO MAINTAIN VENTILATION: CUFF ON TUBE FOUND TO HAVE BLOWNDEVICE LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: CRITICAL CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WAS EVALUATED, VISUAL EXAMINATION. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: MATERIAL DEGRADATION/DETERIORATION, UNANTICIPATED ADVERSE REACTION - SHORT TERM. CONCLUSION: DEVICE FAILURE DIRECTLY CAUSED EVENT. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: YES. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: DEVICE DISCARDED. THE DEVICE WAS DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.