FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LEONARDO

MDR report key: 512499 · Received February 24, 2004

Report

Report Number
512499
Event Type
Other
Date Received
February 24, 2004
Date of Event
December 1, 2003
Report Date
December 1, 2003
Manufacturer
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC., A DIV OF EM-PCS
Product Code
LMD
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
DC, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PHYSICIAN WAS REVEIWING CASES ON THE LEONARDO CT [COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY] WORKSTATION, REVIEWING IMAGES OF "PATEINT" AND NOTICED THAT APPARENTLY "PATIEN" B" 'S CT IMAGES HAD BEEN DOWNLOADED TO PATIENT A'S FOLDER AND THOSE IMAGES WERE INCORRECTLY LABELED WITH PATIENT A'S NAME AND ID NUMBER. PATIENT A AND PATIENT B IDENTIFIERS USED FOR CLARITY IN EXPLAINING THE SITUATION. THERE WERE MULTIPLE IMAGES DOWNLOADED TO THE WRONG FOLDER AND INCORRECTLY LABELED. ONLY THE FACT THAT THE TWO PATIENTS WERE QUITE DIFFERENT IN SIZE MADE THE SITUATION IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS TO THE RADIOLOGIST. THIS OCCURRENCE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MFR, WHO IS IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. CO DOES NOT BELIEVE ANY STUDIES PRIOR TO THIS ONE HAVE BEEN MIS-LABELED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LEONARDO RADIOLOGY IMAGING WORKSTATION LMD SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC., A DIV OF EM-PCS LEONARDO *
2 SOMATOM VOLUME ZOOM CT CT SCANNER LMD SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. VOLUME ZOOM *
3 SOMATOM VOLUME ZOOM CT CT SCANNER LMD SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS VOLUME ZOOM *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other THE SIEMENS SOMATOM VOLUME ZOOM CT UNIT WAS USED| FOR THE STUDY AND DOWNLOADED THE IMAGES TO THE| WORKSTATION.