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MalfunctionGYE

NPB N-7500

Received Sep 5, 1997

Report 2025525-1997-00023 · MDR key 118604

Device

Generic name

Central Monitoring Station

Model number

N7500

Catalog number

NA

Lot number

NA

Product problems

  • No Audible Alarm

Patient

NA

  • No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

ON AUGUST 6, 1997, A NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT ("NPB") SERVICE TECHNICIAN, WHILE PERFORMING SERVICE ACTIVITIES, DISCOVERED THAT THE SPEAKER ON A N7500 CENTRAL MONITORING STATION WAS INOPERABLE. THIS HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED TO NPB BY THE USER FACILITY HAS INFORMED NPB THAT THERE WAS NO ADVERSE EVENT OR PT IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVICE.