FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BURKICK ELI 280

MDR report key: 6979148 · Received October 26, 2017

Report

Report Number
MW5072947
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 26, 2017
Date of Event
September 14, 2017
Report Date
September 20, 2017
Manufacturer
MORTARA INSTRUMENT, INC.
Product Code
DPS
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NURSE WAS HOOKING UP LEADS AND WIRES OF EKG TO PT. AS THE NURSE PUT A WIRE TO A LEAD, THE WIRE WENT ACROSS THE PT'S CHEST AND THE PT SAID SHE FELT SOMETHING BURNING HER. PT ASKED THE NURSE WHAT IT WAS AND NURSE TOLD HER SHE DID NOT KNOW BECAUSE THE (EKG) MACHINE WAS NOT ON. PT STATED IT WAS LIKE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. PT STATES SHE GOT HOME AND HAD SOME TINGLING AND FOUND A PAD LEFT ON HER CHEST, THAT IS WHEN SHE FOUND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BURN ON HER CHEST.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
760588 BURKICK ELI 280 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH (EKG) DPS MORTARA INSTRUMENT, INC. ELI280

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR