FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD

MDR report key: 5479532 · Received March 1, 2016

Report

Report Number
MW5060731
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 1, 2016
Date of Event
February 11, 2016
Report Date
March 1, 2016
Manufacturer
EPIC
Product Code
NSX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
1

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BLOOD CULTURES WERE ORDERED AS PART OF A FEVER WORK UP. THE RESULTS WERE RANDOMLY AND INTERMITTENTLY ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE EHR DATA STORAGE LIBRARY, BUT THERE WAS NOT ANY WARNING OR NOTIFICATION THAT A POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURE WAS REPORTED. MORE THAN 24 HOURS ELAPSED BEFORE ANY CLINICIAN KNEW AND ANTIBIOTICS STARTED. THE DELAY, COMMONLY CAUSED BY SILENT DELIVERY OF LIFE CRITICAL RESULTS, WAS LIFE THREATENING IN THIS CASE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
128942 ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD MDDS/EHR NSX EPIC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Life Threatening| O